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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr.
? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf.
{Tumulus}.]
1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is
deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
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As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. --Shak.
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2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth,
with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In
tomb of marble stones." --Chaucer.
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3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the
name and memory of the dead.
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Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak.
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{Tomb bat} (Zool.), any one of species of Old World bats of
the genus {Taphozous} which inhabit tombs, especially the
Egyptian species ({Taphozous perforatus}).
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