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
Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
The gravesite also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde and has long been a site for fans of the rocker to pay their respects in the area known as Poet's Corner.
Paris' official tourism website states that crowds gather there on the anniversary of Morrison's death on July 3 every year.
—EW.com, 20 May 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
The city’s monuments, which include several royal palaces, ritual sites and tombs, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
The gravesite also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde and has long been a site for fans of the rocker to pay their respects in the area known as Poet's Corner.
Paris' official tourism website states that crowds gather there on the anniversary of Morrison's death on July 3 every year.
—EW.com, 20 May 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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Archaeologists found a grave dating to the mid-15th century full of preserved textiles, wooden objects, and metal artifacts.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Thousands of children died from abuse or neglect, with mass graves still being found decades after the last residential school closed in 1998.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
Verb
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The authority said its preliminary assessment is that three excavators and six trucks were buried by the landslide.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Years later, the two had a poolside sit-down at a Los Angeles hotel to bury the hatchet and the two-hour conversation still wasn’t enough to patch things up, Francesa said.—
Mark Morales,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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This ornate crown, found in a burial site, is a first-of-its-kind discovery in the region.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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These new findings, including the artifacts and burial site, adds to new archaeological understanding about the purpose of ancient frontier walls throughout Eurasia.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The pontiff was interred at the basilica on Saturday, after his wooden coffin was driven through the streets of Rome on the popemobile, passing the Colosseum and thousands of mourners on its way.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling royal necropolis near Anubis Mountain.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
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Traditionally, a cemetery’s care fell to families and churches.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The site of two ancient Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, Sutton Hoo has offered a wealth of knowledge about pre-Norman British history since its first excavation in 1938.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 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 14 Jun. 2025.
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