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Webster 1913 Edition


Embalmment

Em-balm′ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
embaumement
.]
The act of embalming.
[R.]
Malone.

Definition 2024


embalmment

embalmment

English

Noun

embalmment (countable and uncountable, plural embalmments)

  1. The process of embalming.
    • 2009 February 20, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Boxy to Bold: A Concert Hall Busts Out”, in New York Times:
      In doing so, they suggest a way forward for a city in which preservation is all too often a form of embalmment.