TOMB

grave, tomb

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tomb (plural tombs)

A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, 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 its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.

One who keeps secrets.

Verb

tomb (third-person singular simple present tombs, present participle tombing, simple past and past participle tombed)

(transitive) To bury.

Source: Wiktionary


Tomb, n. Etym: [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.]

1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Shak.

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.

3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. Tomb bat (Zoöl.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (T. perforatus).

Tomb,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tombed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing.]

Definition: To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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