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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Governor John R. Tanner's tomb
From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
The verb is from Middle English tomben.
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
- One who keeps secrets.
- 1912 Constance Garnett (tr.), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Book III, chapter 4
- 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.
- 1912 Constance Garnett (tr.), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Book III, chapter 4
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Descendants[edit]
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.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tombar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tomb m (plural tombs)
- turn (change of direction)
- turn, twist (movement around an axis)
- turn (change of temperament or circumstance)
- walk, stroll
Further reading[edit]
- “tomb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
tomb (plural tombes)
- Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)
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- English nouns
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