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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Entomb :: Entomb (v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume..
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..
Casket :: Casket (n.) The tomb.
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..
Untomb :: Untomb (v. t.) To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead..
Entombed :: Entombed (imp. & p. p.) of Entom.
Tombless :: Tombless (a.) Destitute of a tomb.
Bibliotaphist :: Bibliotaphist (n.) One who hides away books, as in a tomb..
Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb..
Tambac :: Tambac (n.) See Tombac.
Tester :: Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb..
Entombment :: Entombment (n.) The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial..
Disinter :: Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb..
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
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..
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..
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
Intomb :: Intomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
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