a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
Recent Examples on the WebIn 1914, part of a human skeleton was found entombed, a Native American woman who died a hundred centuries ago.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 He was entombed at Mount Vernon, which in 1960, was designated a national historic landmark.—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024 On January 22, the remains were entombed in an above ground mausoleum in the state’s historically Black Eden Cemetery.—Justin Gamble, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024 But the decision to entomb the remains of the Black Philadelphians who were held in the Morton collection, Woods said, was made in consultation with members of the community.—Justin Gamble, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024 Thousands of people are still believed to be entombed in the rubble.—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023 Because Parker was entombed in about 4 feet of snow, invisible to the dozens of people who by now had amassed on the face of the mountain to look for survivors.—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024 At the lab’s direction, Betancourt stored the camera and film in his kitchen freezer, simulating how it had been entombed in the glacier for decades.—John Branch, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023 Some of these were made specifically to be entombed with the affluent, while others were used in rituals at ancestral altars, according to the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art.—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb
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