tombs 1 of 2

noun

plural of tomb
as in graves
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

present tense third-person singular of tomb
as in inters
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 tombs
Noun
But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 But our latest research shows how these tombs – built for Etruscans of higher socioeconomic and political status—were designed to offer sophisticated sensory experiences. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 That could mean exploring Andalusia, traveling through Morocco, visiting Tunisia's Roman sites or combining Egypt's temples and tombs with the eclipse. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Nearby was the city’s Jewish graveyard, where the tombs are laid out around a steep flight of steps. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The Valley of the Kings and the tombs of Tutankhamun and Seti I. — Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Their findings suggest that these tombs were intended not simply to house the dead but to affect the living through an immersive environment. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026 More recently, cosmic rays have helped geologists see hidden chambers of active volcanoes, and archaeologists use them to reveal hidden tombs in ancient Egyptian pyramids. — Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tombs
  1. graves
  2. buries
  3. burials
  4. entombs
  5. cemeteries
Noun
  • Since then, the 16-foot-by-32-foot church has been reconstructed, after archaeologists in 2021 uncovered the church’s original foundation, as well as 62 graves linked to the congregation.
    — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to discovering the original church's foundation, archaeologists uncovered the graves of 62 community members.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of graves
Verb
  • Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of buries
Noun
  • Pomeroy and her colleagues excavated the remains from inside Shanidar Cave, an archaeological site in Iraqi Kurdistan famous for containing evidence of ritualistic Neanderthal burials.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Until a 1917 church law was revised in 1983, those who died by suicide were denied Catholic burials on consecrated grounds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of burials
Verb
  • The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.
    — Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Definition of entombs
Noun
  • This decline is often captured sentimentally in memoirs about the Jewish South of a bygone era or photographs of Jewish cemeteries in various states of disrepair.
    — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Olmsted also designed cemeteries, campuses, and garden-city suburbs.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of cemeteries

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“Tombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tombs. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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