as in grave
a final resting place for a dead person
explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries
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as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity
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Recent Examples of tomb
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025
The inscriptions date back to the 26th Dynasty, also indicating that the tomb may have been reused nearly 2,000 years after Waserif Re’s interment.
—Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
The release came Sunday morning, as the tomb opened for public viewing.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025
The inscriptions date back to the 26th Dynasty, also indicating that the tomb may have been reused nearly 2,000 years after Waserif Re’s interment.
—Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
Noun
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One of those preparations included Kody, 56, opting to dig Garrison's grave.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The holiday typically includes community tributes and visits to cemeteries to decorate graves with American flags each year on the last Monday in May.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Cause of death: There are several causes of death because Ulric receives the nine lives of a cat: shot in the head, drowned, hanged, car crash, electrocuted, crossbow, stabbed, suffocated after burying himself alive. Sad or satisfying?—
Carrie Wittmer,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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She was buried at what is now the park’s eastern end.—
Jack Schnedler,
Arkansas Online,
19 May 2025
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What is especially noticeable is that, despite this being a time of high levels of obstetric death there is only evidence of a handful of mother-infant burials from this period.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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In the cremation burial, researchers also discovered a small vase painted with red bands and spiral patterns.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 May 2025
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She was interred at Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, which is also where Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley is buried.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Kristopher Allen Sequoia Lunsford-Barrett grew up in San Diego and was interred there after his death, according to an obituary shared online.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Flag placement event at national cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery hosts a flag placement event at 8 a.m. May 24 at the cemetery, 1700 Cabrillo Memorial Drive, and volunteers are needed to place flags on gravesites.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The white steepled chapel remains active today, beside a cemetery with cedar and crape myrtle trees.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.—
Al Haas,
Philly.com,
28 June 2018
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The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.—
Joe Yudin,
Town & Country,
5 Oct. 2016
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“Tomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomb. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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