tomb

CEFRB1

/tuːm/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large grave or room for a dead person.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • I wonder who's buried in that tomb.

  • What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /tum/
  • /ʈumb/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who keeps secrets.

  2. Death (literary)

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To bury.

More examples

In context

  • I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.

  • As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.

  • I never told anyone about it. You're the first, except Ivan, of course—Ivan knows everything. He knew about it long before you. But Ivan's a tomb.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From 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. The verb is from Middle English tomben.