Embalming refers to the process of preserving a deceased person's body by using special chemicals. This helps prevent decay and maintain the body's appearance, allowing for a viewing or funeral to take place. Full definition
This may include the cost of embalming of the body, burial vault, the casket or urn, grave marker, head stone, hearse, flowers, obituary notices, digging and filling the grave and the cemetery plot. (allinsuranceinfo.org)
The medium gave Johns's work a particular timbre and voice, full of immediacy and also reserve, a feeling of deliberateness and of ideas embalmed in the surface. (theguardian.com)
This sweet spice, used most often to pep up pancakes, toast, oatmeal or buns, has a long and storied history that includes being used in the ancient Egyptians» embalming process. (livescience.com)