Definition of tomb

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Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

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Disinter :: Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
Intomb :: Intomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
Burial :: Burial (n.) A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
Tomrig :: Tomrig (n.) A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy..
Epitaph :: Epitaph (n.) An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription..
Portland Vase :: Portland vase () A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum..
Tambac :: Tambac (n.) See Tombac.
Casket :: Casket (n.) The tomb.
Hecatomb :: Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb..
Grave :: Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction..
Disentomb :: Disentomb (v. t.) To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
Tombed :: Tombed (imp. & p. p.) of Tom.
Hearse :: Hearse (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Envault :: Envault (v. t.) To inclose in a vault; to entomb.
Gravestone :: Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..
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