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Definitions for TOMB
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grave, tombnoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. tombnoun

    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.

  2. tombverb

    To bury.

  3. Etymology: From tumba from τύμβος.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. TOMBnoun

    A monument in which the dead are enclosed.

    Etymology: tombe, tombeau, Fr. tumba, low Lat.

    Methinks, I see thee, now thou art below,
    As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. William Shakespeare.

    Time is drawn upon tombs an old man bald, winged, with a sithe and an hour-glass. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

    Poor heart! she slumbers in her silent tomb,
    Let her possess in peace that narrow room. Dryden.

    The secret wound with which I bleed
    Shall lie wrapt up, ev’n in my herse,
    But on my tomb-stone thou shalt read
    My answer to thy dubious verse. Matthew Prior.

  2. To Tombverb

    To bury; to entomb.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Souls of boys were there,
    And youths, that tomb’d before their parents were. May.

Wikipedia

  1. Tomb

    A tomb (from Greek: τύμβος tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called immurement, and is a method of final disposition, as an alternative to for example cremation or burial.

ChatGPT

  1. tomb

    A tomb is a structure or enclosed space, typically underground, where the remains of the deceased are buried or interred. This can include a burial chamber, sepulcher, crypt, mausoleum, and can host remains of one or multiple persons. It is often specially designed and marked with inscriptions or monuments to honor and remember the dead.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tombnoun

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

  2. Tombnoun

    a house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead

  3. Tombnoun

    a monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead

  4. Tombverb

    to place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb

Wikidata

  1. Tomb

    A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tomb

    tōōm, n. a pit or vault in the earth, in which a dead body is placed: a tombstone.—adjs. Tomb′ic; Tomb′less, without a tomb.—n. Tomb′stone, a stone erected over a tomb to preserve the memory of the dead. [Fr. tombe—L. tumba—Gr. tymbos.]

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. tomb

    A place for the deposit of the dead. (See College, Newspaper Office, Philadelphia Club, Legation, etc.)

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TOMB

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tomb is ranked #37735 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tomb surname appeared 589 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tomb.

    94.9% or 559 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
    1.3% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TOMB in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TOMB in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of TOMB in a Sentence

  1. Mostafa Waziri:

    The color is almost intact even though the tomb is almost 4,400 years old.

  2. Carrejo Labendeira:

    It was buried into the earth. It was like a tomb, it was like a coffin. It was like a giant coffin for all of us.

  3. Guillemette Andreu:

    The museum, founded in 1824, is filled with treasures found in digs commissioned by Savoy kings and completed with the finds of Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The vast holdings include a captivating statue of Ramses II, one of the world's most important papyrus collections and nearly the entire contents of an architect's tomb dating back well over 3,000 years. The large-scale renovations nearly doubled the space, allowing many artifacts to be taken out of storage and a more complete and modern exposition of those already on display. The museum remained open during the years of work, rotating closures of wings. `' It is a very important improvement from an archaeological and Egyptological point of view.

  4. Zeng Yan:

    Whether China's economy has hit bottom still needs more proof, it's a very sensitive time for the market so any negative news would prompt investors to reduce their positions, especially ahead of Tomb Sweeping Day.

  5. anumolu suryanarayana:

    a man life is from womb to tomb,so be good and good to people and be be happy untill you live on earth

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