entomb

• Verbe signifiant mettre dans un tombeau ou enterrer, souvent utilisé au sens figuré pour désigner le fait d'enfermer ou d'emprisonner.

A verb meaning to place in a tomb or bury, often used in a figurative sense to mean to confine or trap.

1. Place in a tombC1formal

   To place a dead body in a tomb or grave.

   Mettre dans un tombeau

   • The pharaoh was entombed in a grand pyramid.
   • They entombed the remains in the family mausoleum.
   • Ancient kings were often entombed with their treasures.

   Synonymesburyinhumeintersepulcher

   Antonymesdisinterexhumeunearth

2. C2formal

   To trap or bury something so that it cannot escape or be seen.

   Ensevelir, emmurer

   • The miners were entombed by the cave-in.
   • The city was entombed under volcanic ash.
   • The old documents were entombed in a forgotten vault.

   Synonymesburyconfineengulfimmureimprisoninhumeinterswallowtrap

   Antonymesdisinterexhumefreeunearth