beehive tomb

American  

noun

1. a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside.

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Etymology

Origin of beehive tomb

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

I wished more than anything we could bury May in a beehive tomb.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Men came to this beehive tomb in the old days of Mycenae, down a long passage with a high stone wall on either side.

From Buried Cities, Volume 3 Mycenae by Hall, Jennie