Definition of tomb

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Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

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Tombing :: Tombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tom.
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury..
Monument :: Monument (n.) A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions..
Epitaph :: Epitaph (n.) An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription..
Bannerol :: Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
Inurn :: Inurn (v. t.) To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb..
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..
Tombester :: Tombester (n.) A female dancer.
Disinter :: Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
Burial :: Burial (n.) The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment..
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..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb..
Intombed :: Intombed (imp. & p. p.) of Intom.
Entombed :: Entombed (imp. & p. p.) of Entom.
Envault :: Envault (v. t.) To inclose in a vault; to entomb.
Tomboy :: Tomboy (n.) A romping girl; a hoiden.
Intombing :: Intombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intom.
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..
Tombless :: Tombless (a.) Destitute of 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..
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