as in burial
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
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
There are two dogs, for example, in Bartholomeus van Bassen’s painting of an imagined church interior with the tomb of William the Silent (pictured above, 1620).
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
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Nada El Sawy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Nov. 2023
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Noun
Before Wednesday's service, Pope Leo lit a candle and prayed at the tomb of Gaudí in the basilica's crypt.
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Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
There are two dogs, for example, in Bartholomeus van Bassen’s painting of an imagined church interior with the tomb of William the Silent (pictured above, 1620).
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Verb
The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
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Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
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Nada El Sawy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
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The lengthy delay to the funeral has raised questions about how Khamenei's remains have been preserved, as Islamic tradition, anaylsts say, generally calls for prompt burial and discourages chemical embalming.
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According to Jackson’s account, Fong said her father, the village headman, removed large pieces of wreckage from the crash site and organized the burial of McKinney’s body right there.
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Despite the lack of goals, the game was exciting with end-to-end runs and missed chances that left fans of both teams groaning and burying their heads in their hands.
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After receiving a pass in the right side of the box, Dembélé very patiently made his way to his left before burying yet another left-footed strike into the goal.
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Plastics are in our bodies from the placenta until the grave.
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Milner will be honored in a ceremony at Spring Grove on July 12 when his veteran’s marker will be set out on his grave, Lewis said.
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If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
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After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
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Doherty's father, uncle, cousin and other family members are buried at the cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts.
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The goal was to share information on the cemetery’s history, provide updates on preservation and legal efforts, and recruit volunteers.
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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.
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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.
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“Tomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomb. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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