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–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.
Origin:
1225–75;
ME
tumbe
< AF; OF
tombe
< LL
tumba
< Gk
týmbos
burial mound; akin to L
tumēre
to swell.
See
tumor
,
tumulus
Related forms:
tombal,
adjective
tombless,
adjective
tomblike,
adjective
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