entomb

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ENTOMB

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea <a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground>

Synonyms entomb, hearse, inhume, inter, lay, put away, tomb

Related Words immure, inurn; enshrine; conceal, cover, ensconce, hide; obscure, shade, shield; cloak, curtain, enshroud, shroud; rebury, reinter; coffin

Near Antonyms burn, cremate; bare, disclose, discover, display, exhibit, expose, reveal, show; uncoffin

Antonyms disinter, exhume, unearth

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