tomb
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like.
a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
any sepulchral structure.
to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury.
Origin of tomb
1Other words from tomb
- tombal, adjective
- tombless, adjective
- tomblike, adjective
- un·tombed, adjective
Words Nearby tomb
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How to use tomb in a sentence
After death, grave robbers broke into their tomb at least twice, and now archaeologists have pieced together some fragments of the story—mostly the postmortem chapters.
Ancient embalmers used mud to hold a damaged mummy together | Kiona N. Smith | February 4, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThis was six weeks after opening and entering the actual burial chamber of the tomb.
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain | Kathryn Hulick | January 14, 2021 | Science News For StudentsThe treasure-filled room was one of four associated with the tomb of Tutankhamen.
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain | Kathryn Hulick | January 14, 2021 | Science News For StudentsTo some people, however, the fact that a person entered a tomb and then died soon after seemed too strange to be a coincidence.
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain | Kathryn Hulick | January 14, 2021 | Science News For StudentsSome scientifically minded people questioned whether toxic mold or bacteria in the tomb might have led to the deaths.
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain | Kathryn Hulick | January 14, 2021 | Science News For Students
In addition to visiting the tomb of John Paul, who died of natural causes in 2005, Agca asked to see his successor, Pope Francis.
Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has put flowers on the tomb of John Paul II,” said Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, “I think that is enough.
Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the proud stone lion that once stood atop the tomb, as Peristeri has often maintained, suggests a male occupant and a warrior.
Is This Alexander the Great’s Tomb—or His Wife’s? | James Romm | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tomb, though much smaller than the palace, is similarly a vision of ornate twists, arches, and peaks.
The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand | Nina Strochlic | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGreece has high hopes that the giant tomb now being excavated at Amphipolis contains one of these ancient Macedonian leaders.
Amphipolis Tomb Yields Amazing Finds But Mysteries Linger | James Romm | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTaking half a dozen men with him, and compelling the woman to act as guide, he went to the tomb in the dark.
The Red Year | Louis TracyD'Israeli loved the long pipe in his youth, but in middle age pronounced it 'the tomb of love.'
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Over the tomb is placed a herse of iron, furnished with stands for holding lighted candles or torches.
And it seemed to Tom that his cousin came upon them out of the heart of a dream, out of the earth, out of a sandy tomb.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThebes was a single, enormous tomb; his past lay buried there; from the solemn, mournful, desolate hills he had escaped.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for tomb
/ (tuːm) /
a place, esp a vault beneath the ground, for the burial of a corpse
a stone or other monument to the dead
the tomb a poetic term for death
anything serving as a burial place: the sea was his tomb
(tr) rare to place in a tomb; entomb
Origin of tomb
1Derived forms of tomb
- tomblike, adjective
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