# entombment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈtuːm.mənt/

## Definitions
1. The act of entombing or the state of being entombed
2. The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete

## Etymology
From entomb + -ment.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/entombment