verb (used with object)
- to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- to serve as a tomb for: Florentine churches entomb many great men.
verb (tr)
- to place in or as if in a tomb; bury; inter
- to serve as a tomb for
1570s, from Old French entomber “place in a tomb,” from en- “in” (see en- (1)) + tombe “tomb” (see tomb). Related: Entombed; entombing.