tomb meaning
[ tu:m ] Pronunciation: "tomb" in a sentence
Noun: tomb toom
- A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- grave
Sounds like: toom
Derived forms: tombs
Type of: place, spot, topographic point
Encyclopedia: Tomb
[Architecture]
In architecture, a memorial structure over or beside a grave.
- beehive tomb, tholos tomb: [Architecture]A mo ...
- altar tomb: [Architecture]A ra ...
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Examples
More: Next- she placed a bunch of flowers at the tomb.
- their palaces and their shrines are tombs.
- the old linen smelled of the tomb.
- they bore his body to the tomb.
- they laid him away in the tomb.
