Entombment

Definition: Entombment

Entombment

Noun

1. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.

Date "entombment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Synonyms: Entombment

Synonyms: burial (n), inhumation (n), interment (n), sepulture (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Restraint	Confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity; blockade.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Entombment

English words defined with "entombment": Intombment. (references)

Specialty definitions using "entombment": Anthia. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Star Crusaders of the Earthian Foundation: Crusade I: Entombment on Vultrex (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Challenger Wreckage Entombment.Credit: NASA.
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"Entombment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Entombment" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	10	111,207

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "entombment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		varrosje (burying, inhumation, interment), varrim (burial, committal, exequies, sepulture), mbyllje (closing, closure, committal, conclusion, confinement, enclosure, finality, furl, impoundment, imprisonment, inclosure, locking, obturation, occlusion, offishness, shutdown, windup). (various references)

Arabic		‏قبرالشىء. (various references)

Bulgarian		погребване (burial, inhumation, interment, sepulture), погребение (burial, funeral, inhumation, interment, obsequies, sepulture). (various references)

Czech		pohřbení (burial, inhumation). (various references)

Danish		gravlaeggelse. (various references)

French		mise au tombeau. (various references)

German		Begräbnis (burial, funeral, funerals, interment, sepulture). (various references)

Greek		ενταφιασμόσ (interment, sepulture), ενταφιασμός (funeral). (various references)

Hebrew		קבור�" (burial, interment, sepulchre, tomb). (various references)

Hungarian		elföldelés (burial, inhumation), eltemetés (sepulture). (various references)

Indonesian		kuburan (cemetery, grave, tomb). (various references)

Italian		entombment, tumulazione, sepoltura (burial, funeral, grave, sepulture), inumazione (burial, inhumation, interment). (various references)

Pig Latin		entombmentay

Portuguese		enterro (burial, bury, burying, funeral, interment), sepultar (Bury, entomb, grave, inebriate, inimical, inter alia). (various references)

Romanian		îngropare (burial, burying, committal, inhumation). (various references)

Russian		гробница (cist, feretory, sepulchre, shrine, tomb). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sahranjivanje. (various references)

Spanish		entierro (burial, funeral, interment). (various references)

Swedish		begravning (burial, committal, exequies, funeral, funerals, inhumation, interment, obsequies). (various references)

Turkish		mezara koyma, gömme (built in, burial, burying, committal service, flush, inhumation, inlaid, interment, let in, sepulture, sunk, sunken). (various references)

Ukranian		гробниця (cist, feretory, reliquary, sepulchre, tomb, urn), могила (bier, burial-hill, cell, grave, hearse, sepulture, tomb), похорон (burial, funeral, inhumation, obsequies). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự chôn xuống mộ, sự chôn cất (inhumantion, interment, sepulture), sự đặt xuống mộ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "entombment": entombments. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "entombment" (pronounced entuw"mmunt)
4	-m u n t	abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3	-u n t	aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-m-m-n-n-o-t-t"
	-3 letters: memento.
	-4 letters: bennet, bonnet, entomb, moment, toneme.
	-5 letters: benne, beton, bonne, emmet, emote, monte, motet, motte, nomen, nonet, tenet, tenon, tonne, totem.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-m-m-n-n-o-t-t"
	+1 letter: entombments.
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