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# mummification

«mummification» in Mova's school dictionary: **The process of preserving a dead body so that it does not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mummification — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The process of preserving a dead body so that it does not rot, as the ancient Egyptians did. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#m1)

2) The natural drying and preserving of a body in very dry, cold or boggy places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A favourite topic in history lessons on Ancient Egypt: the Egyptians removed organs, dried the body with a salt called natron, wrapped it in linen bandages and put it in a coffin, because they believed the body was needed in the afterlife. In science, natural mummification shows how dryness and cold stop decay.

### examples

- Mummification in ancient Egypt could take about seventy days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x1)
- The Egyptians used natron salt in mummification. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x2)
- We learned about mummification in our history topic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x3)
- Even cats and crocodiles were preserved by mummification. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x4)
- Ötzi the Iceman shows natural mummification in ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x5)
- Bog bodies found in Ireland and Denmark were preserved by natural mummification. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x6)
- Ancient Egyptians believed mummification helped the dead in the afterlife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: "mummify" (mummifies, mummified). The body is "a mummy" (trap: in the UK "mummy" is also a child's word for mother). Myth: mummies do not come back to life; that is only in films.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mummification» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.