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tomb

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tomb  (tm)
n.
1. A grave or other place of burial.
2. A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
3. A monument commemorating the dead.

[Middle English, from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]

tomb [tuːm]
n
1. a place, esp a vault beneath the ground, for the burial of a corpse
2. a stone or other monument to the dead
the tomb a poetic term for death
4. anything serving as a burial place the sea was his tomb
vb
(tr) Rare to place in a tomb; entomb
[from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba burial mound, from Greek tumbos; related to Latin tumēre to swell, Middle Irish tomm hill]
tomblike  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tombtomb - 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"
burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave
gravestone, tombstone, headstone - a stone that is used to mark a grave
mastaba, mastabah - an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"
place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"

tomb
noun grave, vault, crypt, mausoleum, sarcophagus, catacomb, sepulchre, burial chamber the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Translations
tomb [tuːm] Ntumba f, sepulcro m

tomb [ˈtuːm] ntombe f

tomb
n (= grave)Grab nt; (= building)Grabmal nt

tomb [tuːm] ntomba
tomb [tuːm] ntomba

tomb
n tomb [tuːm]
a hole or vault in the ground in which a dead body is put; a grave He was buried in the family tomb. graf, graftombe قَبْر гробница hrob(ka) grav; -gravsted das Grab τάφος, μνήμα tumba haud قبر hauta tombe(au) קֶבֶר कब्र grobnica, grob sír(bolt) kuburan gröf, grafhÿsi/-hvelfing tomba 무덤 kapas kaps makam graf grav(kammer) grób túmulo mormânt могила; склеп hrob grobnica grob grav, gravvalv หลุมฝังศพ mezar 墳墓 гробниця; склеп; могила مقبرہ nấm mồ
n tombstone
an ornamental stone placed over a grave on which the dead person's name etc is engraved. grafsteen شاهِد القَبْر надгробен камък náhrobní kámen gravsten der Grabstein ταφόπετρα lápida sepulcral hauakivi سنگ قبر hautakivi pierre tombale מַצֵבָה कब्र पर लगाया हुआ या दगारी पत्थर nadgrobni kamen sírkő batu nisan legsteinn lapide 墓石 묘비 antkapis kapakmens batu nisan grafsteen gravstein nagrobek lápide piatră de mormânt надгробный памятник náhrobný kameň nagrobnik nadgrobni spomenik gravsten ศิลาหน้าหลุมฝังศพ mezar taşı 墓碑 надгробний пам'ятник, надгробний камінь لوح قبر، سنگ مزار bia mộ

tomb مقبرة hrobka gravkammer Grab μνήμα tumba hauta tombeau grob tomba 무덤 graftombe gravkammer grobowiec campa, tumba могила grav สุสานฝังศพ türbe mồ 坟墓


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Thus I pacified Psyche and kissed her, And tempted her out of her gloom -- And conquered her scruples and gloom; And we passed to the end of the vista -- But were stopped by the door of a tomb -- By the door of a legended tomb: -- And I said -- "What is written, sweet sister, On the door of this legended tomb?
It did not take long for us to arrive at the scene of the prince's disappearance, or to discover the tomb I had sought so vainly before.
Creon desires to bury Oedipus on the confines of Thebes so as to avoid the pollution and yet offer due rites at his tomb.
 
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