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
Christian Orozco, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead, Thursday’s 28-6 loss to Baltimore, Miami’s seventh defeat in nine games, essentially shuts the tomb on another Dolphins season left for dead.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
For the first time since King Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922, all of the pharaoh’s treasures will be stored in one place.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead, Thursday’s 28-6 loss to Baltimore, Miami’s seventh defeat in nine games, essentially shuts the tomb on another Dolphins season left for dead.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 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
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Goldin’s parents spent 11 years spearheading a campaign to bring their son home for burial.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images An American startup, Deep Isolation Nuclear, is combining the underground burial concept with oil-and-gas fracking techniques.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
9 Nov. 2025
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There is no dignity, and no justice, in a system that buries an elderly woman alive in silence.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London have found that humans can detect objects buried in sand without directly touching them.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The killer also served as inspiration for Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and led to a number of copycat attacks after he was known to kill women, wear their skins and dig up graves.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Others say prayers and place flowers at Elvis’ grave in the Meditation Garden, on the south side of the mansion, where Elvis is interred along with several family members, including his daughter and only child, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in 2023.—
John Beifuss,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Odd Fellows Cemetery, where Sammy is interred, is the last such cemetery in Sacramento.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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She was later interred at Fairview Cemetery.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Later on, Page contacted Tatum about the possibility of beginning restoration work on the cemetery, Tatum said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Nov. 2025
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The offerings are often arranged on altars, or in the case of the cemetery, on grave markers, which are traditionally decorated with bright orange marigolds, symbolizing the beauty and fragility of life, as well as photos, memorabilia and favorite foods and drinks of the departed.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 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 19 Nov. 2025.
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