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tomb

[ toom ]

noun

  1. an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
  2. a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like.
  3. a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
  4. any sepulchral structure.


verb (used with object)

  1. to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury.

tomb

/ 迟耻藧尘 /

noun

  1. a place, esp a vault beneath the ground, for the burial of a corpse
  2. a stone or other monument to the dead
  3. the tomb
    a poetic term for death
  4. anything serving as a burial place

    the sea was his tomb

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. rare.
    tr to place in a tomb; entomb
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞迟辞尘产藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟辞尘产顎僡濒 adjective
  • 迟辞尘产顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 迟辞尘产顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
  • 耻苍路迟辞尘产别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tomb1

1225鈥75; Middle English tumbe < Anglo-French; Old French tombe < Late Latin tumba < Greek 迟媒尘产辞蝉 burial mound; akin to Latin 迟耻尘脓谤别 to swell. See tumor, tumulus
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tomb1

C13: from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba burial mound, from Greek tumbos; related to Latin 迟耻尘脓谤别 to swell, Middle Irish tomm hill
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A single, white rose was pictured lying on the stone tomb that bears the name he was known by during his pontificate, below a crucifix illuminated by a single spotlight.

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The Pope also asked that his tomb would be in the ground, simple and bearing only the inscription "Franciscus", the Latin version of his chosen name.

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The King has spoken of his love for Italian culture and the trip to Ravenna allowed him to see the tomb of the writer Dante Alighieri.

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There were arguments about ownership of the bones, about how they were being treated, the design of his tomb and most of all, where he should be buried.

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In Ravenna, the royal couple will view the tomb of the Italian writer Dante, and the Queen will tour a museum commemorating the poet Lord Byron.

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