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1. (n.) tomb
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
2. tomb
a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like.
3. tomb
a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
4. tomb
any sepulchral structure.
5. (v.t.) tomb
to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME tumbe < AF; OF tombe < LL tumba < Gk týmbos burial mound)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) grave, tomb
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"
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1. (noun) tomb
a grave or structure where a dead person is buried
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tomb
a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher
2. (noun) tomb
a house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead
3. (noun) tomb
a monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead
4. (verb) tomb
to place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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tomb
A place for the deposit of the dead. (See College, Newspaper Office, Philadelphia Club, Legation, etc.)
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Sense: a hole or vault in the ground in which a dead body is put; a grave
He was buried in the family tomb.
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 Afrikaans: graf, graftombe |
 Arabic: قَبْر |
 Bulgarian: гробница |
 Brazilian: túmulo |
 Czech: hrob(ka) |
 German: das Grab |
 Danish: grav; -gravsted |
 Greek: τάφος, μνήμα |
 Spanish: tumba |
 Estonian: haud |
 Farsi: قبر |
 Finnish: hauta |
 French: tombe(au) |
 Hebrew: קֶבֶר |
 Hindi: कब्र |
 Croatian: grobnica, grob |
 Hungarian: sír(bolt) |
 Indonesian: kuburan |
 Icelandic: gröf, grafhÿsi/-hvelfing |
 Italian: tomba |
 Japanese: 墓 |
 Korean: 무덤 |
 Lithuanian: kapas |
 Latvian: kaps |
 Malay: makam |
 Dutch: graf |
 Norwegian: grav(kammer) |
 Polish: grób |
 Persian: قبر |
 Pashto: قبر، مړستون، ګور، زيارت |
 Portuguese: túmulo |
 Romanian: mormânt |
 Russian: могила; склеп |
 Slovak: hrob |
 Slovenian: grobnica |
 Serbian: grob |
 Swedish: grav, gravvalv |
 Thai: หลุมฝังศพ |
 Turkish: mezar |
 Taiwanese: 墳墓 |
 Ukrainian: гробниця; склеп; могила |
 Urdu: مقبرہ |
 Vietnamese: nấm mồ |
 Chinese: 坟墓 |
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