'Tomb' definitions:

Definition of 'tomb'

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noun
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" [syn: grave, tomb]

Definition of 'Tomb'

From: GCIDE
  • Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. ? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.]
  • 1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. [1913 Webster]
  • As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. [1913 Webster]
  • Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Tomb bat (Zool.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tomb'

From: GCIDE
  • Tomb \Tomb\,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tombed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. [1913 Webster]
  • I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tomb'

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