grave synonyms
grave
modif.
grave
n.
A burial place
vault, sepulcher, tomb, pit, crypt, mausoleum, catacomb, long home, burial chamber, burial pit, burial place, six feet of earth, last resting place, narrow house, place of interment, mound, barrow, cromlech, clay, cairn, tumulus, dolmen, cold mud*, pine*, wooden shroud*, pit for the dead*, charnel house*, last home*, permanent address*. Death
dissolution, decay, last sleep; see death 2.
make one turn (over) in one's grave*
have one foot in the grave*
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