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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Mausoleum :: Mausoleum (n.) A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument..
Tombester :: Tombester (n.) A female dancer.
Tombstone :: Tombstone (n.) A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased..
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..
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.
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..
Tomrig :: Tomrig (n.) A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy..
Tomb :: Tomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
Entombing :: Entombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entom.
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..
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..
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..
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb..
Intombment :: Intombment (n.) See Entombment.
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..
Hearse :: Hearse (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
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