tomb

TOMB, noun toom. [Latin tumulus, a heap or hillock; tumeo, to swell.]1. A grave; a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.As one dead in the bottom of a tomb 2. A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.3. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.TOMB, verb transitive To bury; to inter. [See Entomb.]