Thesaurus: tomb

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1. n. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
2. n. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
3. n. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
4. v. t. To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
5. n. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
6. 1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Shak. 2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones." Chaucer. 3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. Tomb bat (Zoöl.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (T. perforatus). To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.
7. To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.
8. n:100 n a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)