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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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
Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
On the eastern outskirts of Rome, near Via Tiburtina, researchers have uncovered an ancient road, two monumental basins, two Republican-era tombs, and a shrine possibly dedicated to Hercules.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.
—Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
The ease of access, without needing to join a wait for one of the bridges that span the Nile only sporadically here, creates unforgettable opportunities, like the chance to be the first person to walk into the valley, home to dozens of royal tombs, just after sunrise.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
Located in the country’s northwest, AlUla is a desert region famed for its dramatic sandstone canyons, ancient Nabataean tombs and UNESCO World Heritage sites, which the country has ambitious plans to leverage as a magnet for film and television production.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
Neolithic art in Orkney tends to be angular and abstract—less florid than the spirals seen in Irish tombs.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
But now, winners of the lottery will be granted the opportunity to buy and restore one of 30 tombs in three different cemeteries, with city hall agreeing to lease the corresponding burial plot to those who meet certain standards.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
There are more tombs than dead men in this city.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
On the eastern outskirts of Rome, near Via Tiburtina, researchers have uncovered an ancient road, two monumental basins, two Republican-era tombs, and a shrine possibly dedicated to Hercules.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.
—Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
The ease of access, without needing to join a wait for one of the bridges that span the Nile only sporadically here, creates unforgettable opportunities, like the chance to be the first person to walk into the valley, home to dozens of royal tombs, just after sunrise.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
Located in the country’s northwest, AlUla is a desert region famed for its dramatic sandstone canyons, ancient Nabataean tombs and UNESCO World Heritage sites, which the country has ambitious plans to leverage as a magnet for film and television production.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
Neolithic art in Orkney tends to be angular and abstract—less florid than the spirals seen in Irish tombs.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
But now, winners of the lottery will be granted the opportunity to buy and restore one of 30 tombs in three different cemeteries, with city hall agreeing to lease the corresponding burial plot to those who meet certain standards.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tombs
Noun
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At one time, the site had more than 5,000 graves.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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No one knows where Frank died and is buried, and the Oakwood graves of Helen, Ada, and Dewitt have no headstones.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But the discovery has directed attention to wartime, when on-site burials would have been more likely.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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Authorities have threatened secret burials if family members do not comply, the group said.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But Tan’s comment buries the lede.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The painter spends hours drawing sketches of the corpse, then chops up her body, arranges the pieces in a suitcase and buries it with the help of an old man sitting under a cypress tree.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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Some went into storage or got moved to Civil War cemeteries, and Charlottesville, Virginia, had its statue of Lee melted down.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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One pediatrician, who was on duty at a children’s hospital on January 9th, told me that her staff transported more than a hundred and fifty corpses from their emergency ward to one of the city’s main cemeteries, Behesht-e Reza, that night.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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