engulfment

English

Alternative forms

• ingulfment (archaic)

Etymology

From engulf +‎ -ment.

Noun

engulfment (countable and uncountable, plural engulfments)

1. The act of engulfing
   • 1985 December 28, Alia Ever, Bonnie Wolf, “Being Jewish at Christmas”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 5:

     The cultural engulfment that Jews experience at Christmas

Derived terms

• grain engulfment