Associations to the word «Embalming»

Wiktionary

EMBALM, verb. (transitive) To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
EMBALM, verb. (transitive) To perfume or add fragrance to something.

Dictionary definition

EMBALM, verb. Preserve a dead body.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne