Usually means: Burial site for the deceased.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. tomb: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tomb: Merriam-Webster
  3. tomb, the tomb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tomb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tomb, the tomb: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tomb: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tomb, tomb, tomb: Wordnik
  8. tomb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tomb: Wiktionary
  10. tomb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tomb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tomb: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tomb: Dictionary.com
  14. tomb: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tomb: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Tomb (novel), The Tomb (short story), Tomb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tomb: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tomb: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tomb: Rhymezone
  20. tomb: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tomb: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. tomb: FreeDictionary.org
  23. tomb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. tomb: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. tomb: Infoplease Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tomb: Dictionary of Symbolism

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. tomb: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tomb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tomb: The Limited Encyclopedia of Grave Terminology
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. TOMB: Acronym Finder

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tomb: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Tomb: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tomb: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tomb: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See tombing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A small building (or "vault") 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.
noun:  A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
noun:  One who keeps secrets.
verb:  (transitive) To bury.
noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.

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