tomb
A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a…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.
» I wonder who's buried in that tomb.
Интересно, кто похоронен в той могиле.
Цікаво знати, хто похований в тій гробниці.
Цікаво знати, хто похований в тій могилі.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
Grabmal, Gruft
гробни́цаgrobníca, склепsklep
гробни́цяhrobnýcja
(broadly)A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
One who keeps secrets.
Death (literary)
I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.
- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
Examples
71 sentencesI wonder who's buried in that tomb.
Цікаво знати, хто похований в тій гробниці.
ruИнтересно, кто похоронен в той могиле.
When their leader died, they placed his body in a large tomb.
Looters stole ancient artifacts from the tomb.
Мародери вкрали стародавні артефакти з могили.
ruМародеры украли древние артефакты из гробницы.
dePlünderer stahlen alte Artefakte aus dem Grab.
The archaeologist found the entrance to a tomb.
Археолог знайшов вхiд до гробницi.
ruАрхеолог нашла вход в гробницу.
deDer Archäologe fand den Eingang zu einem Grab.
The archaeologist found the entrance to the tomb.
Археолог знайшов вхiд до гробницi.
ruАрхеолог обнаружил вход в гробницу.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from AFrom 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”). Displaced native Old English þrūh.
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Forms
plural: tombsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone):grave