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embalmment
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun embalmment has 1 sense
- embalmment(n = noun.act) - preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals; has particulars: mummification
is a kind of preservation
Derived form verb embalm1
CIDE DICTIONARY
embalmment, n. [Cf. F. embaumement.].
The act of embalming. Malone. [1913 Webster]
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