tomb /toom/ noun- Any place serving as a grave
- A usu underground vault for the disposal of dead bodies
- A sepulchral monument
- (with the) death
transitive verb- To entomb
- To bury
ORIGIN: OFr (Fr) tombe, from L tumba, from Gr tymbos tombic /toomˈik, -bik/ adjective tombˈless adjective tombˈstone noun A memorial stone over a tomb tombˈstoning noun An extreme sport in which participants dive into water from a cliff |