Definition of tomb

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Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead..

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Intomb :: Intomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument..
Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb..
Untomb :: Untomb (v. t.) To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
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
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..
Hearse :: Hearse (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Tomboy :: Tomboy (n.) A romping girl; a hoiden.
Grave :: Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction..
Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (v. t.) To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered..
Disinter :: Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
Tombstone :: Tombstone (n.) A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased..
Intombment :: Intombment (n.) See Entombment.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..
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..
Disentomb :: Disentomb (v. t.) To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
Mausoleum :: Mausoleum (n.) A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument..
Tombed :: Tombed (imp. & p. p.) of Tom.
Tombac :: Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac..
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..
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