tomb
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (tumbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tomb (plural tombs)
- 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.
- Shakespeare
- As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
- Shakespeare
Translations[edit]
small building or vault for the remains of the dead
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Verb[edit]
tomb (third-person singular simple present tombs, present participle tombing, simple past and past participle tombed)
- (transitive) to bury.
