tomb

¹tomb

noun \ˈtüm\

Definition of TOMB

1

a : an excavation in which a corpse is buried : grave b : a place of interment

2

: a house, chamber, or vault for the dead

3

: a building or structure resembling a tomb (as in appearance)

— tomb·less \-ləs\ adjective

Examples of TOMB

1. the tomb of Alexander the Great
2. <explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries>

Origin of TOMB

Middle English tombe, from Anglo-French tumbe, from Late Latin tumba sepulchral mound, from Greek tymbos; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to be swollen — more at thumb

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to TOMB

Synonyms: burial, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, grave

Related Words: catacomb, charnel (also charnel house), columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, vault; cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field; barrow, mound, tumulus

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Rhymes with TOMB

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, spume, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom