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Tomb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Tomb? [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Tomb: grave Related Terms \| Find terms related to Tomb: See Also \| burial chamber \| gravestone \| headstone \| mastaba \| mastabah \| place \| sepulcher \| sepulchre \| sepulture \| spot \| tombstone \| topographic point Tomb In Webster's Dictionary \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. ? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. --Chapman.

Tomb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tomb?

[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tomb: grave

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Tomb In Webster's Dictionary

\Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr.
? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.]
To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

      I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. --Chapman.

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