Tomb

,

Noun.

[OE.

tombe

,

toumbe

, F.

tombe

, LL.

tumba

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L.

tumulus

a mound. Cf.

Tumulus

.]

1.

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

As one dead in the bottom of a

tomb

.

Shakespeare

2.

A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.

“In tomb of marble stones.”

Chaucer.

3.

A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

Hang her an epitaph upon her

tomb

.

Shakespeare

Tomb bat

(Zool.)

,

any one of species of Old World bats of the genus

Taphozous

which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (

Taphozous perforatus

).

Tomb

,,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Tombed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Tombing

.]

To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

I

tombed

my brother that I might be blessed.

Chapman.

Tomb

TOMB

,

Noun.

toom. [L. tumulus, a heap or hillock; tumeo, to swell.]

1.

A grave; a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.

As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.

2.

A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.

3.

A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.

TOMB

,

Verb.

T.

To bury; to inter. [See Entomb.]

tomb

See also: tömb

English

Noun

tomb ‎(plural tombs)

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.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
- Shakespeare
  As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
One who keeps secrets.
- 1912 Constance Garnett (tr.), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Book III, chapter 4
  I never told anyone about it. You're the first, except Ivan, of course—Ivan knows everything. He knew about it long before you. But Ivan's a tomb.