Definition of TOMB

tomb

Meanings

Plural: tombs

Noun

  • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
  • 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.
  • A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
  • One who keeps secrets.

Verb

  • To bury.

Origin / 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”).
The verb is from Middle English tomben.

Synonyms

burial chamber, grave, sepulchre, vault

Scrabble Score: 8

tomb is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tomb is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tomb is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

tomb is a valid Words With Friends word