entombments
Placements in crypts
Entombments are acts of placing bodies in tombs or burial chambers.
The word extends to any enclosure that seals something away permanently: the entombment of nuclear waste in concrete, the entombment of ancient artifacts beneath volcanic ash.
Figuratively, entombment suggests being trapped or buried: His entombment in a dead-end job lasted decades.
Acts of burial
- sepulchersBurial chambers or vaults
- cryptsSubterranean burial chambers
- mausoleumsLarge ornate burial buildings
- sarcophagiDecorated stone burial chests
vaults · burials · funeral · gravesites · catacombs · pyramids · chambers · pharaohs
Catching with concealed devices
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- confinementState of being restricted
- isolationComplete separation from others
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
suffocation · claustrophobia · inescapable · permanence · finality · forgotten · abandoned · hidden
Preserving bodies after death
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- sealingMaking impermeable
- encasementProtective outer shell
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
relics · artifacts · time capsules · hermetic · enclosure · safeguarding · protection · immortalization
interments
Acts of burial
- sepulchersBurial chambers or vaults
- cryptsSubterranean burial chambers
- mausoleumsLarge ornate burial buildings
sarcophagi · vaults · burials · funeral · gravesites · catacombs · pyramids · chambers · pharaohs · mummies
trapping
Catching with concealed devices
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- confinementState of being restricted
- isolationComplete separation from others
enclosure · suffocation · claustrophobia · inescapable · permanence · finality · forgotten · abandoned · hidden · concealment
mummification
Preserving bodies after death
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- sealingMaking impermeable
- encasementProtective outer shell
preservation · relics · artifacts · time capsules · hermetic · enclosure · safeguarding · protection · immortalization · memorialization
entombmentscremations
Burning deceased bodies
incinerations · sky burials · dissolutions · composting · scatterings