Tomb
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Tomb - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
TOMB, n. toom. [L. tumulus, a heap or hillock; tumeo, to swell.]
1. A grave; a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
2. A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.
3. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.
TOMB, v.t. To bury; to inter. [See Entomb.]
In other dictionaries
Read “Grave” in the 8 dictionaries- GraveEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- GravingEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- Grave; GravingInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- TombInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- GraveSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- TombSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- grave, gravedigger, tomb, burial placeTranslation Words
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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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