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embalmment

noun

Definition of embalmmentnext
as in funeral

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  1. funeral
  2. entombment
  3. interment
  4. burial
  5. burying
Noun
  • When Qiqi died, he was given a state funeral, televised across China.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At her mother’s funeral in October 2013, Cosco, then 22, spoke from behind bulletproof glass and thanked her mother.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of funeral
Noun
  • The snow eventually hardens like a concrete entombment.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
  • City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of entombment
Noun
  • The horse’s intact body and the pieces of a decorative harness found with it suggest a deliberate and perhaps honorific interment.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In their home state, dates of observation extend through the day of interment.
    — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of interment
Noun
  • Unlike in mainland China, Hong Kong runs on a common-law system, which means a jury will decide whether the trio should be found guilty ofChoi’s murder and of preventing the lawful burial of her body.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • They were also charged with preventing the lawful burial of a body.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of burial
Noun
  • One such detail is the prospect of a Gallagher-brothers-style burying of the hatchet for Harry and Prince William.
    — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Eaton wildfire survivors’ anger about Southern California Edison’s burying of electric wires in Altadena boiled over Tuesday with residents calling on government officials to temporarily halt the work.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of burying
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“Embalmment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embalmment. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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