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Definitions for Tomb

[1] an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
[2] a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like.
[3] a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
[4] any sepulchral structure.
[5] to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury.
[6] a place, esp a vault beneath the ground, for the burial of a corpse
[7] a stone or other monument to the dead
[8] the tomb a poetic term for death
[9] anything serving as a burial place the sea was his tomb
[10] (tr) rare to place in a tomb; entomb

Words related to Tomb

burial, monument, vault, pit, coffin, mausoleum, box, crypt, sepulcher, catacomb, trough, grave

Words nearby Tomb

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Origin of Tomb

1225–75; Middle English tumbe < Anglo-French; Old French tombe < Late Latin tumba < Greek týmbos burial mound; akin to Latin tumēre to swell. See tumor, tumulus

Other words from Tomb

tomb·al , adjective
tomb·less , adjective
tomb·like , adjective
un·tombed , adjective

Word origin for Tomb

C13: from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba burial mound, from Greek tumbos; related to Latin tumēre to swell, Middle Irish tomm hill

Synonyms for Tomb

burial, coffin, mausoleum, monument, pit, vault, box, catacomb, crypt, grave, sepulcher, trough, burial chamber