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noun

ˈtüm How to pronounce tomb (audio)
Definition of tombnext
as in burial
a final resting place for a dead person explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries

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verb

as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity

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Recent Examples of tomb
Noun
Visitors can view artifacts that museum officials say offer a rare look at discoveries from ancient Egypt, including objects unearthed by archaeologists and items made of gold from tombs. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 The second tomb consists of a staircase leading into a chamber. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
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The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb. — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for tomb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
  1. burial
  2. bury
  3. grave
  4. inter
  5. cemetery
  6. sepulchre
Noun
  • Such artifacts were increasingly more dispersed in later burial stages.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The family’s time at the estate is thought to have included a visit to Diana’s burial site.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of burial
Verb
  • These included a child buried face down, a skeleton positioned as in a crucifixion, graves with stones placed around the skull as if to prevent biting or movement, as well as other graves with sickles and padlocks.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • As the Danube waters shrank in Bulgaria, researchers were thrilled to find and recover a jawbone, tusks, a shoulder blade, ribs and other bone fragments belonging to an extinct woolly mammoth buried deep in the sand.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of bury
Noun
  • The rural field was used as a cemetery for around four generations in the 17th century, with a total of 101 graves from this era discovered at the site, according to Poliński.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • All three will face a slew of charges, including injuring or removing a tomb or monument, disturbing the contents of a grave or tomb and grand theft, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of grave
Verb
  • Burr Oak was the area’s first cemetery to allow blacks to be interred there, and countless African American families would bury relatives there over the years.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Several individuals had been interred within burial cists made of volcanic tuff.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of inter
Noun
  • Geneticist Shai Carmi, an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has collaborated on an unpublished analysis of another grave from the same cemetery but was not involved in the research on Zosia.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout Porter County, trees that have stood up to 100 years have collapsed in cemeteries, Topoll said.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of cemetery
Noun
  • The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
  • The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.
    — Joe Yudin, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
Definition of sepulchre

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