entomb
Place in crypt
To entomb is to place in a tomb or burial chamber: The pharaohs were entombed with treasures for the afterlife.
More broadly, it means to bury or trap completely: Miners were entombed by the collapse.
The word carries a sense of permanent enclosure—something entombed is sealed away, often beyond recovery.
Serious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- funeralService honoring the dead
- coffinBurial container for remains
- intermentPutting a body underground
sepulcher · mausoleum · graveyard · casket · mortuary · necropolis · pallbearer · shroud
Subterranean burial vault
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
ossuary · undercroft · sepulcher · charnel · subterranean · excavation · reliquary · antechamber
Surround on all sides
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- encloseShut in on all sides
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
confine · immure · imprison · wall · permanent · airtight · lock · shut
Chemically treat the dead
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
canopic · natron · linen · desiccation · formaldehyde · taxidermy · mummy · Anubis
grave
Serious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- funeralService honoring the dead
- coffinBurial container for remains
interment · sepulcher · mausoleum · graveyard · casket · mortuary · necropolis · pallbearer · shroud · urn
crypt
Subterranean burial vault
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- vaultSecure storage chamber
chamber · ossuary · undercroft · sepulcher · charnel · subterranean · excavation · reliquary · antechamber · passage
encase
Surround on all sides
seal · confine · immure · imprison · wall · permanent · airtight · lock · shut · contain
embalm
Chemically treat the dead
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
pyramid · canopic · natron · linen · desiccation · formaldehyde · taxidermy · mummy · Anubis · Osiris
funeral
Service honoring the dead
requiem · mourning · wake · obsequies · lamentation · procession · shroud · pall · offering · ancestors
forgotten
No longer recalled
hidden · silenced · erased · concealed · suppressed · abandoned · neglected · memory · legacy · time
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites