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
Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun.
—Justin Stebbing, JSTOR Daily, 24 July 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
Hegra became the first World Heritage property in Saudi Arabia in 2008, and its 4,000 acres are full of incredible ruins, including 111 monumental tombs and ancient water wells.
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—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun.
—Justin Stebbing, JSTOR Daily, 24 July 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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In the years since Trump pulled off his shocking upset victory over Hillary Clinton, the Democrats have been laboring under a series of myths about themselves and Trump that have compelled them to continue digging their own graves.—
Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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He’s buried in an unmarked grave at the foot of the Skull Tree.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If a body is here, whoever buried it didn’t bother digging deep, because there’s no fear of getting caught.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Special effects buried gas lines underground and integrated them into the structure so the blaze could be easily started and stopped.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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That could help people who have accidents, need burials, or in more long-term ways.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Archaeologists have uncovered what may be one of the world's oldest human burial sites, dating back around 100,000 years.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tillich’s ashes were interred here in 1966, a year after New Harmony was designated a National Historic Landmark.—
Rima Suqi,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Viewers also finally meet Grandmama Hester Frump, who arrives to help Wednesday at the cemetery where the outcasts from the obituaries found in Galpin’s cabin were allegedly laid to rest.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Her remains were exhumed from a grave in suburban Denver cemetery and placed at an altar at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception — one of the steps in the sainthood process.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
1 Aug. 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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