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Meaning
Noun
●
In Archaeology:
A small
building
(or "vault") for the
remains
of the
dead
, with
walls
, a
roof
, and (if it is to be used for more than one
corpse
) a
door
. It may be
partly
or
wholly
in the ground
(
except for
its
entrance
) in a
cemetery
, or it may be inside a
church
proper
or in its
crypt
. Single
tombs
may be
permanently
sealed
; those for
families
(or other
groups
) have
doors
for access whenever needed.
●
In Archaeology:
A
pit
in which the
dead
body of a
human being
is
deposited
; a grave.
●
In Archaeology:
One who
keeps
secrets.
Verb
●
In Archaeology & Burial:
To bury.
Name
●
A
surname
transferred
from the given name.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
tomb
English
tumba
Latin
τύμβος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Mausoleum
Crypt
Sarcophagus
Temple
Cathedral
Cave
Monument
Shrine
Monastery
Statue
Cemetery
Palace
Necropolis
Castle
Mosque
Stupa
Memorial
Corpse
Fortress
Chapel
Coffin
Ruins
Fort
Altar
Church
Sculpture
Mansion
Basilica
Citadel
Catacombs
Sanctuary
Temples
Graveyard
Graves
Building
Funerary
Museum
Hall
Throne
Mummy
Tower
Skull
Mound
Statues
City
House
Garden
Treasure
Pyramid
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Medieval
Courtyard
Pagoda
Burial Chamber
Taj Mahal
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Rhymes
Cwm
Loom
Zoom
Hume
Doom
Tomb
Toom
Fume
Voom
Room
Womb
Boom
Broom
Brume
Flume
Glume
Bloom
Bloom
Neume
Gloom
Grume
Fwoom
Groom
Rheum
Vroom
Spume
Coomb
Combe
Sloom
Frome
Plume
Khoum
Resume
Shroom
Enwomb
Entomb
Assume
Abloom
Kaboom
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