tomb
noun
[ tuːm ]
• a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.
Similar:
burial chamber,
burial place,
sepulchre,
mausoleum,
vault,
crypt,
undercroft,
catacomb,
pyramid,
charnel house,
shrine,
ossuary,
reliquary,
last/final resting place,
grave,
barrow,
burial mound,
burial pit,
monument,
memorial,
cenotaph,
marker,
mastaba,
feretory,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tombe, from late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos .
