Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grave or other place of burial.
- noun A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
- noun A monument commemorating the dead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bury; inter; intomb.
- noun An excavation in earth or rock, intended to receive the dead body of a human being; a grave; also, a chamber or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, or wholly above ground, for the reception of the dead, whether plain, or decorated by means of architecture, sculpture, etc.; a mausoleum; a sarcophagus. See also cuts under
catacomb , Lycian, and altar-tomb. - noun A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead; any sepulchral structure; a cenotaph.
- noun Same as
altar-cavity . - noun Figuratively, the end of earthly life; death.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
- noun A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
- noun A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
- noun A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
- noun (Zoöl.) any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (
Taphozous perforatus ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small building (or "
vault ") for theremains of thedead , with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in itscrypt . Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. - verb transitive To
bury .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cocumella tomb at Vulci, and the Regulini Galeassi tomb_ [Footnote 1:
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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Cocumella tomb at Vulci, and the Regulini Galeassi tomb_ [Footnote 1:
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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But when we come back, I'll tell you why there's not just one, but three locations vying for the title tomb of Jesus when we come back.
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If an old priest tells you that the body in the tomb is an undead Spanish nobleman, and you happen to be a credulous cowboy, next time, believe him!
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Skull-Face Omnibus 1 - Robert E. Howard Blue Tyson 2008
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If an old priest tells you that the body in the tomb is an undead Spanish nobleman, and you happen to be a credulous cowboy, next time, believe him!
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Horror Stories Of Robert E. Howard - Robert E. Howard Blue Tyson 2008
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Lastly, a 3D animated narrated tour of a tomb with images and explanation of elements of the tomb is available.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Theban Mapping Project 2007
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Lastly, a 3D animated narrated tour of a tomb with images and explanation of elements of the tomb is available.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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And now his tomb is a place whither men resort to pray for rain and ask their requirements of
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Citium pay particular honor to a certain tomb which they call the tomb of Cimon, according to Nausicrates the rhetorician, who states that in a time of famine, when the crops of their land all failed, they sent to the oracle, which commanded them not to forget Cimon, but give him the honors of a superior being.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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This room, which you describe as a tomb, or an antechamber of hell, might have been an inner sanctuary, from which blessings might flow out over the whole neighbourhood.
Uncle Max Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874
sonofgroucho commented on the word tomb
This is my favourite tomb:
-- from Son of Groucho - (?)
June 23, 2007