Entombment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of entombing, or the state of being entombed; burial; sepulture.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of entombing or the state of being entombed
  • noun. The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete
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  • noun. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
  • Word Usage
    "Another option is "entombment" of radioactive components in concrete for the long term."
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    funeral  
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    burial