Tomb /(?)/
Tomb
n.
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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.
- A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
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A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Phrases & Compounds
- Tomb bat
- any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus).
Tomb
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Tombed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing
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To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
I tombed my brother that I might be blessed.