[tomb] n [ME tombe, fr. AF tumbe, fr. LL tumba sepulchral mound, fr. Gk tymbos; perh. akin to L tumere to be swollen--more at thumb] (13c) 1 a: an excavation in which a corpse is buried: grave b: a place of interment
2: a house, chamber, or vault for the dead
3: a building or structure resembling a tomb (as in appearance) -- tomb.less adj
[2]tomb vt (14c): bury, entomb