tomb
noun/tuːm/
/tuːm/
- a large grave (= where a dead person is buried), especially one built of stone above or below the ground
- the tombs of the Pharaohs
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTomb is used before these nouns:- chamber
- robber
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tombe, from late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos.
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