embalmed
Meaning of embalmed
verb, past tense
- preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative.
his body was embalmed and buried in Westminster Abbey
the Egyptian method of embalming
an embalmed corpse
- give a pleasant fragrance to.
the buxom air, embalm'd with odours
Middle English: from Old French embaumer, from em- ‘in’ + baume ‘balm’, variant of basme (see balm).
Information about embalmed
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of embalmed
em-balmed
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- embalmed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
embalmed synonyms
Meaning treat (food) to prevent its decomposition:
Meaning (especially in ancient Egypt) preserve (a body) by embalming and wrapping it in cloth:
Meaning smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony:
Words that rhyme with embalmed
balmed, becalmed, calmed, dwalmed, encalmed, imbalmed, impalmed, malmed, napalmed, palmed, psalmed, smalmed, uncalmed, unembalmed, unrealmed, yealmed, dishelmed, helmed, overwhelmed, underwhelmed, unhelmed, unoverwhelmed, unwhelmed, whelmed, yelmed, befilmed, filmed, microfilmed, refilmed, unfilmed, culmed
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