tomb


Definition: Meaning of, tomb in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tuːm /

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tomb tombs
[countable]
  1. a stone structure above or below the ground where a dead person is buried
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tomb used in phrases

  • Tomb of the Unknowns
    1. the Tomb of the Unknowns a national MONUMENT in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, US, where soldiers whose names were not known are buried from World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It represents all the US people who died in those wars.
  • empty tomb (noun)
    1. a monument built to honour people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
  • portal tomb (noun)
    1. a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
  • womb-to-tomb (adjective)
    1. continuing through life
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