as in grave
a final resting place for a dead person
explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries
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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
Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
Known as a mastaba, the tomb is located in the pyramid necropolis of Dahshur, which the German Archaeological Institute Cairo has been excavating since 1976.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
Excavators also found a rectangular stone burial well leading to a tomb with a main hall.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
Known as a mastaba, the tomb is located in the pyramid necropolis of Dahshur, which the German Archaeological Institute Cairo has been excavating since 1976.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
Noun
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The vases had been secured to the graves, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Jan. 2025
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The grave also contained 46 glass beads and 11 silver coins linked to central Europe and Scandinavia.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And, buried in the comments, was one of Daly’s favorite restaurants.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
18 Jan. 2025
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She is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery.—
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18 Jan. 2025
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The second meaning relates to how people tend to bury painful memories and refuse to confront past traumas… This form of soft burial is also a burial of time.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
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The update shared on his page stated that information about his wake and burial would be released soon.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The gravestones are numbered to reflect the burial system that was developed to properly inter hundreds of victims whose bodies were never claimed or identified.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
26 Dec. 2024
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Although interred as an Unknown in MACM, Hansen’s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the American Battle Monuments Commission.—
Drake Bentley,
Journal Sentinel,
20 Dec. 2024
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These cemeteries are appropriately designed and maintained by the United States government.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The cemetery’s gate regularly needs fixing and even replacing due to vandalism.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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“Tomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomb. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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