tomb
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
Other meanings
One who keeps secrets.
Death (literary)
“I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.”
Related words
- tombal
- tombful
- tombic
- tomblet
- tombmate
- tombology
- untomb
- disentomb
- empty as the tomb on Easter
- tombless
- tomblike
- entomb
Word history
From Ancient Greek "τύμβος" (a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave).
Where this comes from
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