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tomb (to̵̅o̅m)

noun

  1. a vault, chamber, or grave for the dead
  2. a burial monument or cenotaph

Etymology: ME toumbe < Anglo-Fr tumbe (OFr tombe) < LL(Ec) tumba < Gr tymbos, tomb, funeral mound < IE *tu-, var. of base *teu-, to swell > thumb, tumor

transitive verb

Rare to entomb

Related Forms:

tomb Idioms

the tomb

death

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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