tomb en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /tuːm/ (Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
- /ʈumb/ (South-Asia)
- /tʉwm/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /tʉːm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /tum/ (Canada, US)
- /tʉm/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Displaced native Old English þrūh. The verb is from Middle English tomben.
Meanings
- A small building, or a room within one, 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.
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(broadly) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
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One who keeps secrets.
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.
1912, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, published 1880, Book III, chapter 4:
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Death (literary)
I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tombs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
tombal · the womb to the tomb · tombful · tomblike · tomb bat · tombstone · altar tomb · wedge tomb · womb to tomb · entomb · tomb raider · passage tomb · tomb robber · tombless · tombology · Severn-Cotswold tomb · tombmate · chamber tomb · tomblet · empty as the tomb on Easter · silent as the tomb · tombic · beehive tomb · disentomb · untomb
Descendants
Synonyms
grave · sepulchre · burial chamber · vault
Translations (146)
ko 분묘 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tk mazar (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ar ضَرِيح (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · syc ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tru ܩܰܘܪܳܐ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ur مَرْقَد (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · dsb krypta (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ba ҡәбер (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cs hrobka (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · th ที่ฝังศพ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sk hrobka (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ro mormânt (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · io tombo (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · el τάφος (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · lo ຂຸມເຮ່ວ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · lo ຂຸມຝັງສົບ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fro tombel (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cmn 墓葬 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sc morimentu (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · swb kaɓuri (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ru гробни́ца (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ca tomba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ht tonm (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · pl grobowiec (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · mk гробница (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ja 墳墓 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ko 무덤 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sh grȍbnica (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ur مَقْبَرَہ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · pt jazigo (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · kk қабір (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · rif anḍer (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · el ταφικό μνημείο (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fi hauta (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sc mulimentu (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · egy m-P6-t:pr (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · mn бунхан (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · my ဂူ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · bg гробни́ца (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fa-ira مَزار (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · kk мола (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · hu síremlék (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · grc τύμβος (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · nl tombe (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · km ផ្នូរ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · gl tumba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · la bustum (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · uga 𐎃𐎌𐎚 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tg мазар (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · alt межик (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fro tumbel (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · uz maqbara (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tg мақбара (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · de Grabmal (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · vi lăng tẩm (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · pt tumba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fur tombe (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · oc tomba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · de Gruft (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tg мазор (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fa-ira مَقْبَرِه (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ga tuama (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tk gubur (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sl grobnica (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cy beddrod (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sc molumentu (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · wa tombe (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · yag wannače (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · dsb rownišćo (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · hi समाधि (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · rup tumbã (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cmn 墳墓 /坟墓 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · zza mezel (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ja 墓 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · gl sepulcro (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · kmr mezel (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · yue 墳墓 /坟墓 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ru склеп (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · gcf tonm (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · uz qabr (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ar قَبْر (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · eo tombo (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · mi toma tūpāpaku (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · vi mộ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · et hauakamber (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cop ⲙϩⲁⲩ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ka საფლავი (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · hi क़ब्र (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fr tombeau (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fi hautakappeli (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · la conditorium (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · acw ضَريح (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tr mezar (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ug قەبرە (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · pt túmulo (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sq varr (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · xfa cela (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ur قَبْر (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · mi toma (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · nb gravkammer (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · nrf sépultuthe (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · acw قَبُر (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · az məqbərə (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ary قبر (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fa-ira آرامْگاه (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · hy դամբարան (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tg қабр (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cmn 宅兆 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · cy bedd (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · la tumba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · arz تربة (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fa-ira قَبْر (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · hu sír (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ur مَزار (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · rup murmintu (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · bn কবর (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · es tumba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fi hautakammio (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ur مَدْفَن (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · km លេណក (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · lo ຂຸມຜີ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · vi phần mộ (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · da gravkammer (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · be магі́льня (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · gl túmulo (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · frm tombeau (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sc murimentu (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · tet rate (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ny manda (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · da grav (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sh гро̏бница (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · egy HA-A-t:O1 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ms makam (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · ky мүрзө (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · kk мазар (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · egy q:r-s-Q6 (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · bn সমাধি (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · sc molimentu (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · uk гробни́ця (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · es tumba (pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited) · frm tumbeau (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · be грабні́ца (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · it tomba (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · zza qub (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · az məzar (small building or vault for the remains of the dead) · fr tombe (small building or vault for the remains of the dead)