"entombment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtuːm.mənt/, /ɛnˈtuːm.mənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-entombment.wav [US] Forms: entombments [plural]
Etymology: From entomb + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|entomb|ment}} entomb + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} entombment (plural entombments)
  1. The act of entombing or the state of being entombed
    Sense id: en-entombment-en-noun-tW1-qQoH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 83 17
  2. The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete
    Sense id: en-entombment-en-noun-SGXbKvOY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intombment [archaic]

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