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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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..
Tombester :: Tombester (n.) A female dancer.
Casket :: Casket (n.) The tomb.
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a 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..
Entomb :: Entomb (v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume..
Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb..
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..
Entombing :: Entombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entom.
Burial :: Burial (n.) A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
Intombment :: Intombment (n.) See Entombment.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument..
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..
Tomboy :: Tomboy (n.) A romping girl; a hoiden.
Tombed :: Tombed (imp. & p. p.) of Tom.
Tambac :: Tambac (n.) See Tombac.
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..
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..
Hearse :: Hearse (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
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