Tomb

Quick meaning: Tomb is a noun meaning (loosely) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.

Meaning

(loosely) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.

More Meanings

1. One who keeps secrets.
2. Death (literary)
3. (transitive) To bury.
4. A small building, or a room within one, 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.

Example Sentences

I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.

As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.

I never told anyone about it. You're the first, except Ivan, of course—Ivan knows everything. He knew about it long before you. But Ivan's a tomb.

Word Forms

• tombs
• tombing
• tombed

Synonyms for tomb

Depending on context, synonyms include sepulchre, vault, grave.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grave, headstone, gravestone, mausoleum, tombstone, cemetery.

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