noun a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
2. tomb ·noun a monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
3. tomb ·noun a house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
4. tomb ·vt to place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.