Tomb /(?)/

Tomb

n.
  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.
  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 inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
    Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.

Phrases & Compounds

Tomb bat
any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus).

Tomb

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Tombed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing

  1. To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
    I tombed my brother that I might be blessed.