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entombment.

The act of entombing or the state of being entombed

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnˈtuːm.mənt//ɛnˈtuːm.mənt/
  1. The act of entombing or the state of being entombed

  2. The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English entomb Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entombment From entomb + -ment.

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