as in burial
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
ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Revenge of the Mummy—The Ride is an indoor coaster based on The Mummy film franchise, launching riders through a tomb past treasures, warrior mummies, and those pesky scarab beetles.
—Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
—Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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Noun
But the big moment was when the royals traveled to Mount Vernon to lay a wreath at the tomb of George Washington, America’s first president.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Revenge of the Mummy—The Ride is an indoor coaster based on The Mummy film franchise, launching riders through a tomb past treasures, warrior mummies, and those pesky scarab beetles.
—Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
—Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
Noun
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Agencies assist in investigation Lufkin PD and Colonial Mortuary, which had provided the burial, assisted in the investigation, authorities said.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Researchers recently identified food DNA on the Shroud of Turin — a finding that suggests the burial cloth believed to have wrapped Jesus Christ may have been contaminated over time.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Feeling for a lump is nearly impossible, since the pancreas is buried deep in the abdomen.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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Graves are dug by hand and bodies are only buried in caskets or shrouds made of biodegradable materials like bamboo or cotton.—
Dorany Pineda,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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The tune is jaunty, but this is the kind of patter that, in Wilson’s work, floats above a grave.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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For audiences expecting a cradle-to-grave reckoning, that cutoff can feel abrupt.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Tupper appears to have been buried inside the fort because an approaching hurricane prevented transport to the post cemetery, where others were typically interred.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Also interred there are her parents, King George VI, who died in 1952, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, as well as her sister, Princess Margaret, who also died in 2002.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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These later burials are called row-grave cemeteries because the graves were perfectly parallel to one another.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, Nickman and another local were clearing debris and mowing the city’s only cemetery, Eternal Oaks.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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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 3 May. 2026.
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