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tomb::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | grave |
| Type of | topographic point, spot, place |
| Has types | burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture, sepulcher, mastaba, mastabah |
Examples of tomb
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They are in a small chamber at the end of a narrow tunnel emanating from a tomb.
From the newscientist.com
In the ceremony, a flame believed to be miraculously lit emanates from the tomb.
From the sacbee.com
It was uncovered by peasants sinking a well more than half a mile from the tomb.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
It comprises the remains of a 22m long Viking ship that serves as a former tomb.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It begins in a cemetery, with a ghostly figure materialising in front of a tomb.
From the guardian.co.uk
Also on show are coffin cases and other accessories for the well-furnished tomb.
From the bloomberg.com
A treasure hunter unwittingly releases a vengeful vampire from his Mexican tomb.
From the post-gazette.com
At night, except for the yipping of coyotes, it is as quiet and still as a tomb.
From the ocregister.com
We climb down into an ancient tomb and marvel at the ancient toys in the museum.
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- Grave: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
- A tomb (from Greek: u03C4u03CDu03BCu03B2u03BFu03C2 tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.
- The Tomb is a graphic novel written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and illustrated by Christopher Mitten. It was published in 2004 by Oni Press.
- The Tomb is a 1986 film directed by Fred Olen Ray and featuring John Carradine and Cameron Mitchell.
- The Tomb is the first volume in a series of Repairman Jack books written by American author F. Paul Wilson. It is also the second volume in a series of six novels known as The Adversary Cycle. ...
- "The Tomb" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It is the first work of fiction that Lovecraft wrote as an adult.
- The fifth season of the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 commenced airing on Showtime in the United States on June 29, 2001, concluded on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2002, and contained 22 episodes. ...
- (The Tombs) "The Tombs" is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex, a jail in lower Manhattan at 125 White Street, as well as the popular name of a series of downtown jails. ...
- A small building (or "vault") 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. ...
