Synonyms for tomb
Definitions
- n. 1
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.
Related words
- Word family
- tombal tombic tomblike tombstone
- Phrases
- chamber tomb passage tomb tomb raider tomb robber
Forms
- Plural
- tombs → crypts, mausoleums, sepulchres, vaults…
Example sentences
- vault She admired the crown jewels in the royal vault.
- crypt The shield you're looking for is in the crypt.
- mausoleum The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India.
- sepulchre The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
- grave "This grave is your new home." "What do you mean?"
- monument In the center of the park stands a stone monument.
By length
- 5 letters
- grave1, vault1, crypt1
- 7 letters
- ossuary
- 8 letters
- monument3, catacomb3
- 9 letters
- mausoleum4, sepulchre, sepulcher
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (monument3 = 3 syllables).