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EMBALM

Pronunciation (US):

• EMBALM (verb)
The verb EMBALM has 1 sense:

1. preserve a dead body

Familiarity information: EMBALM used as a verb is very rare.

• EMBALM (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Preserve a dead body

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "embalm" is one way to...):

conserve; keep up; maintain; preserve (keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embalm"):

mummify (remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

"When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."
(English proverb)
"If you put an egg, you get a chicken."
(Albanian proverb)
"Don't eat your bread on someone else's table."
(Arabic proverb)
"Don't judge the dog by its fur."
(Danish proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of conserve
Definition of mummify
Pronunciation of preserve
Definition of maintain
Pronunciation of keep up

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