tomb

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

Etymology

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”). The verb is from Middle English tomben.

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Synonyms

grave

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