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
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Research on ancient Egypt is largely biased toward the elite, whose spectacular tombs, monuments, and artifacts have been the dominant focus.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead of houses or shops, this was lined with the tombs of Termessos’ rich and mighty.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists have also uncovered a variety of treasures, including ancient tombs, which officials hope will boost cultural tourism.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Silksong’s lore isn’t always front and center, layered deeper in the margins from conversations with cutesy bug NPCs and cryptic tombs peppered about.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
The ancient tombs, along with the area’s previous finds, suggest this part of Manduria served as a structured cemetery-like space in ancient times.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Roskilde’s stately cathedral stands solemn and proud—its royal tombs steeped in centuries of candlelit reverence—while chalk-white Møns Klint plunges into the deep Baltic blue, where fossil hunters comb the shore and peregrine falcons wheel overhead.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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The statues were placed on rectangular stone platforms called ahu, which serve as tombs.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Research on ancient Egypt is largely biased toward the elite, whose spectacular tombs, monuments, and artifacts have been the dominant focus.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead of houses or shops, this was lined with the tombs of Termessos’ rich and mighty.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists have also uncovered a variety of treasures, including ancient tombs, which officials hope will boost cultural tourism.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Silksong’s lore isn’t always front and center, layered deeper in the margins from conversations with cutesy bug NPCs and cryptic tombs peppered about.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
The ancient tombs, along with the area’s previous finds, suggest this part of Manduria served as a structured cemetery-like space in ancient times.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Roskilde’s stately cathedral stands solemn and proud—its royal tombs steeped in centuries of candlelit reverence—while chalk-white Møns Klint plunges into the deep Baltic blue, where fossil hunters comb the shore and peregrine falcons wheel overhead.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tombs
Noun
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The Wisconsin farmer murdered two women, and dug up graves, stealing corpses and using body parts as decoration in his homemade house of horrors.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The sound echoed off the walls of graves as families danced and drank beer.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Maryland officials reinterred 65 of the state's earliest settlers in a powerful ceremony more than 300 years after the settlers' first burials.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The burials of these individuals also show that they were integrated into their respective communities.—
Duncan Sayer,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
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This buries the block into the sand.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to the notice, the site uses a misleading logo, charges inflated prices and buries a disclaimer far down the page that does not meet state requirements.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These tours showcase a few of New Orleans’ 42 cemeteries, where the dead are famously laid to rest above ground.—
Jenny Adams,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Wells was also known for organizing clean-up efforts at cemeteries in historically Black neighborhoods, including Lincoln Memorial Park in Brownsville.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Tombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tombs. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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