tombnoun [ C ]
uk/tuːm/us/tuːm/B2 a large stone structure or underground room where someone, especially an important person, is buried
Examples
- The tomb was honeycombed with passages and chambers.
- For centuries the tomb lay inviolate until, by chance, it was discovered by two miners.
- His tomb was covered with a yellow patina of lichen.
- When they opened up the tomb they found treasure beyond their wildest dreams.
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Places where bodies are buried or cremated
- burial ground
- catacomb
- cemetery
- charnel house
- churchyard
- crematorium
- crypt
- grave
- graveside
- graveyard
- mausoleum
- necropolis
- pyre
- resting place
- sepulchre
- the Pyramids
- vault
Examples from literature
- Archaeologists learned that some people kept cats just so they could kill them and bury them in tombs.
- Inside the tomb, scientists found a lot of gold.
- Many of the tombs are falling apart.
- The archaeologist studies treasures found in tombs.
- The message said that anyone who enters the king’s tomb will die.
- The pyramids in Egypt are really the tombs of ancient pharaohs.
- These tombs for the dead are more expensive than the houses of the living.
- They found a mummy in the tomb.
- Things like fine cloth, coffins, and tombs were also expensive.
- When one of them died, they built a special tomb – a pyramid.