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EMBALM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

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

Derivation:

embalmer (a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives)

embalmment (preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals)

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