tomb

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Other forms: tombs

A tomb is a place where a dead person is buried. Usually, a tomb is under a tombstone, which says the name of the person who died and when they lived.

We're all going to die, and that means we're all going to end up in some type of tomb: a place where a corpse is buried. Over time, there have been many types of tombs, including the huge, ornate, elaborate tombs of the Egyptians. Other tombs are simpler, involving the simple burial of a box or the cremated remains.

Definitions of tomb

1. noun

   a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
   synonyms: grave

   types:

   burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture

   a chamber that is used as a grave

   mastaba, mastabah

   an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof

   crypt

   a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)

   mausoleum

   a large burial chamber, usually above ground

   monument, repository

   a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

   burial vault, vault

   a burial chamber (usually underground)

   type of:

   place, spot, topographic point

   a point located with respect to surface features of some region