embalm
/ɪmˈbɑm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.83 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father."
- "`Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'"
- "There are districts of Canada mainly settled from Paisley and neighbourhood, the hivings off at such seasons as we have referred to, with whose settlement he had not a little to do, and where his memory is embalmed."
- "It is very curious to observe how the idea of revenge, inspired by an Egyptian who lived before the time of Christ, is thus, as it were, embalmed in an English family name."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: enbawmen, embaumer, embasmer
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪmˈbɑm/
- British English: /ɪmˈbɑːm/