tomb
tomb is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
- noun. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
- noun. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
- transitive verb. To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
- noun. 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"
Synonyms
Common word forms
tombs, tombal, tombed, tombing, tombless
Words from these letters
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