ENTOMBMENT

burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture

(noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

entombment (plural entombments)

The act of entombing or the state of being entombed

The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete

Source: Wiktionary


En*tomb"ment, n.

Definition: The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CARE

(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”


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