Tomb

What do we mean by tomb?

A grave or other place of burial. noun

A vault or chamber for burial of the dead. noun

A monument commemorating the dead. noun

An excavation in earth or rock, intended to receive the dead body of a human being; a grave; also, a chamber or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, or wholly above ground, for the reception of the dead, whether plain, or decorated by means of architecture, sculpture, etc.; a mausoleum; a sarcophagus. See also cuts under catacomb, Lycian, and altar-tomb. noun

A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead; any sepulchral structure; a cenotaph. noun

Same as altar-cavity. noun

Figuratively, the end of earthly life; death. noun

To bury; inter; intomb.

To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. transitive verb

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. noun

A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. noun

A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. noun

Any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus). noun

A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. noun

To bury. verb

A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) noun

A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.

One who keeps secrets.

Words that are spelled similarly to tomb:
tomb.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tomb:
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Words that rhyme with tomb:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe tomb:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective tomb:
chest, stone, stones, builders, chapel, robbers, robberies, slab, sweeping, house, story, tradition, chamber, mosque, temple, paintings, complex, maker, stories, culture, chambers, burials, robbing, painting, cemeteries, narrative, type, cemetery, period, architecture, art, chests, account, board, tops, hunting, chapels, relief, plate, burial, leaves, cairn, security, the, inscriptions, effigy, complexes, narratives, scene, traditions, shrine, robbery, temples, niches, robber, motif, blossoms, caves, building, dossier.

Consonant match to tomb:
time, term, team, tame, tome, tom, teem, tam, tim, temne, thom, tamm, temme, timm, tomme, timme.

Words that sound like tomb:
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