— tombal , adj. — tombless , adj. — tomblike , adj.
/toohm/ , n.
1. an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
2. a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like.
3. a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person.
4. any sepulchral structure.
v.t.
5. to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury.
[ 1225-75; ME tumbe tombe tumba týmbos burial mound; akin to L tumere to swell. See TUMOR, TUMULUS ]