About The Word Tomb
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Tomb
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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. |
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