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noun

ˈtüm How to pronounce tomb (audio)
Definition of tombnext
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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verb

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
Noun
In August 2025, utility workers digging trenches for a natural gas project in Lima, Peru, uncovered two 1,000-year-old tombs in a single day. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026 Video shows Hegseth taking photos on the empty steps in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver and senior adviser Tami Radabaugh. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
An international team led by Gino Caspari of the University of Bern and the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology analyzed remains from the Tunnug 1 princely tomb in Russia’s Tyva Republic. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026 The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tomb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
  1. burial
  2. bury
  3. grave
  4. inter
  5. cemetery
  6. sepulchre
Noun
  • Advertisement The Kennedys argued that courts have previously recognized families’ interests in protecting their relatives’ burial sites.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Iris' funeral arrangements and burial will be conducted privately at another time.
    — Josh Taylor, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of burial
Verb
  • They are buried close to the eternal flame that marks JFK's gravesite, a trio of memorials that are a major draw for the millions of people who visit the Arlington cemetery each year.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Anjali Sachdeva’s story opens with sixteen-year-old Sadie helping the gravedigger bury her parents.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of bury
Noun
  • Multiple speakers, including some with family members in the cemetery, cited a Washington Post analysis that the arch would cast shadows on thousands of graves.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • An effort to escape himself, or to dig his own shallow, silty grave?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of grave
Verb
  • The spores inside him are alive and well and ready to spread should his unpreserved body be interred in the soil.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Following the service, the King will be interred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress, alongside the late King Haakon VII, Queen Maud, King Olav V & Crown Princess Märtha.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of inter
Noun
  • North Highlands community members are coming together to support the family of a 1-year-old girl, who was killed after being struck by a vehicle at a South Sacramento cemetery during Día de los Muertos celebrations.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Multiple speakers, including some with family members in the cemetery, cited a Washington Post analysis that the arch would cast shadows on thousands of graves.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of cemetery
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of sepulchre

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