Definition of tomb

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Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

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Tambac :: Tambac (n.) See Tombac.
Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb..
Intomb :: Intomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
Hearse :: Hearse (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Entombment :: Entombment (n.) The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial..
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury..
Tombing :: Tombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tom.
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
Hecatomb :: Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims..
Rhinopome :: Rhinopome (n.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs..
Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin..
Portland Vase :: Portland vase () A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum..
Disinter :: Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
Gravestone :: Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone..
Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (v. t.) To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered..
Casket :: Casket (n.) The tomb.
Untomb :: Untomb (v. t.) To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
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