as in grave
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
Charlene Gubash, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
The tomb’s location is also very unusual for a king.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
The remains of the decorations seen in Thutmose II’s tomb.
—Charlene Gubash, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
The tomb’s location is also very unusual for a king.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
Noun
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Arlington National Cemetery, which holds the graves of more than 400,000 veterans, has not publicly commented on the changes.—
Essence News Editors,
Essence,
17 Mar. 2025
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The bodies and graves can also be seen in satellite imagery reviewed and verified by CNN.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species with segmented bodies and dozens of slender legs.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Traditionally, families do not shower or change their clothes for three to four days until the day of the burial itself comes around.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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Made of nephrite, the pendant resembles classic jade and was found alongside other Neolithic artifacts, including gold items in a burial.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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The remains of he and his wife were interred underneath.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As a result, content about notable veterans—including Gen. Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen—is no longer easily accessible on the cemetery’s website.—
Essence News Editors,
Essence,
17 Mar. 2025
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The cemetery dates between the first and fourth centuries B.C., according to the study, and excavations over many years allowed researchers to get a better understanding of the cemetery’s occupants.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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 24 Mar. 2025.
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