noun
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.
verb (used with object)
5.
to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury.
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tomb (tuːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a place, esp a vault beneath the ground, for the burial of a corpse |
| 2. | a stone or other monument to the dead |
| 3. | the tomb a poetic term for death |
| 4. | anything serving as a burial place: the sea was his tomb |
| —vb | |
| 5. | rare (tr) to place in a tomb; entomb |
| [C13: from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba burial mound, from Greek tumbos; related to Latin tumēre to swell, Middle Irish tomm hill] | |
| 'tomblike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
tomb
c.1275, from Anglo-Fr. tumbe, O.Fr. tombe (12c.), from L.L. tumba (cf. It. tomba, Fr. tombe, Sp. tumba), from Gk. tymbos "burial mound, grave, tomb," from PIE base *teu- "to swell" (see thigh). The final -b began to be silent 14c. (cf. lamb,
dumb). The Tombs, slang for "New York City prison" is recorded from 1840. A tombstone (1565) originally was a horizontal stone covering a grave (or the lid of a stone coffin); meaning "gravestone, headstone" is attested from 1711.
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Example sentences
His tomb became a place of great devotion, and famed for miracles.
He knows not what will happen-the triumph or the tomb.
Walled up and unadvertised, the tomb is now invisible and almost unknown.
Over the years his bones have darkened to the rich caramels of their earthen tomb.
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