tombs

Definition of tombs in English English dictionary: Plural of tomb
tomb: To bury
tomb: {n} a repository or monument for the dead
tomb: 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
tomb: To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb
tomb: A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher
tomb: A tomb is a large grave that is above ground and that usually has a sculpture or other decoration on it. a stone structure above or below the ground where a dead person is buried (tumbe, from tumba , from tymbos). Home or house for the dead. The term is applied loosely to all kinds of graves, funerary monuments, and memorials. Prehistoric tomb burial mounds, or barrows (artificial hills of earth and stones piled over the remains), were usually built around a hut containing personal effects for use in the afterlife. Burial mounds were a prominent feature of the Tumulus period in Japan (3rd-6th century); these often spectacular monuments consisted of earthen keyhole-shaped mounds surrounded by moats. Burial mounds, sometimes shaped like animals, were characteristic also of Indian cultures of eastern central North America 1000 BC-AD 700. With more advanced technology, brick and stone tombs appeared, often of imposing size. In Egypt tombs assumed great importance, especially in the form of pyramids. In medieval Christian thought, the tomb became a symbol of a heavenly home; this concept appeared in the Roman catacombs, whose walls display scenes of paradise. Since the Renaissance, the idea of the tomb as a home has died out in the West, except as a faint reminiscence in the mausoleums or vaults of modern cemeteries. See also beehive tomb, cenotaph, mastaba, stele. beehive tomb Qin tomb Ch'in tomb
tomb: {i} vault, grave
tomb: A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead
tomb: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
tomb: A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead

tombs

Turkish pronunciation

tumz

Pronunciation

/ˈto͞omz/ /ˈtuːmz/

Etymology

[ 'tüm ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English tombe, from Anglo-French tumbe, from Late Latin tumba sepulchral mound, from Greek tymbos; perhaps akin to Latin tumEre to be swollen; more at THUMB.