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TOMB, n. toom. L. tumulus, a heap or hillock tumeo, to swell.

1. A grave a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.

As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.

2. A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.
3. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.

TOMB, To bury to inter. See Entomb.

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Entry for 'Tomb'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​t/tomb.html.
 
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