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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tomb /tum/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a hole dug in earth for the burial of a corpse;
a grave. - a large burial chamber or the like.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tomb (to̅o̅m),USA pronunciation n. - an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse;
grave. - a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like.
- a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
- any sepulchral structure.
v.t. - to place in or as if in a tomb;
entomb;
bury.
- Greek týmbos burial mound; akin to Latin tumēre to swell. See tumor, tumulus
- Late Latin tumba
- Anglo-French; Old French tombe
- Middle English tumbe 1225–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tomb /tuːm/ n - a place, esp a vault beneath the ground, for the burial of a corpse
- a stone or other monument to the dead
- the tomb ⇒
a poetic term for death
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba burial mound, from Greek tumbos; related to Latin tumēre to swell, Middle Irish tomm hill |