TOMB


Meaning of TOMB in English

tomb /tuːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: tumbe , from Late Latin tumba 'pile of earth under which a body is buried' , from Greek tymbos ]

a stone structure above or below the ground where a dead person is buried:

the family tomb

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.