Tomb

[tuːm] or [tum]

Definition

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

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

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

(v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

Typist: Psyche

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Sepulchre, vault, crypt, catacomb, grave, house of death, narrow house, long home.

Inputed by Elisabeth

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Grave, vault, catacomb, sepulcher, crypt, house_of_death, narrow_house,long_home

Typist: Rodger

Definition

n. a pit or vault in the earth in which a dead body is placed: a tombstone.—adjs. Tomb′ic; Tomb′less without a tomb.—n. Tomb′stone a stone erected over a tomb to preserve the memory of the dead.

Edited by Greg

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of seeing tombs, denotes sadness and disappointments in business. Dilapidated tombs omens death or desperate illness. To dream of seeing your own tomb, portends your individual sickness or disappointments. To read the inscription on tombs, foretells unpleasant duties.

Typed by Lloyd

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them the famous Egyptologist Dr. Huggyns explaining that a tomb may be innocently 'glened ' as soon as its occupant is done 'smellynge the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified.

Typist: Robbie

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Checker: Raffles

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