tomb
nounEtymology
From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). The verb is from Middle English tomben.
Definitions
A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof,…
A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
- As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
One who keeps secrets.
- I never told anyone about it. You're the first, except Ivan, of course—Ivan knows everything. He knew about it long before you. But Ivan's a tomb.
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Death (literary)
- I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.
To bury.
A surname transferred from the given name.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tomb. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at tomb. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at tomb
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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