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| tomb [ toom ] (plural tombs) |
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1. grave: a grave or other place for burying a dead person
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2. burial chamber: a cave or chamber used for burying a dead person
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3. monument: a monument to a dead person, often built over the place where he or she is buried
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4.
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literary
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Same as death
  go to the tomb unrepentant
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5. hardened enclosure: a hardened enclosure for a closed nuclear reactor, designed to contain radioactive emissions
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| [12th century. Via French tombe< Greek tumbos "mound, tomb"] |
