[toom] 
,| 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. |
| tomb (tōōm) n.
[Middle English, from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
