tomb

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q381885}} 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.
2. {{lb|en|broadly}} A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
3. One who keeps secrets.
4. Death (literary)

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bury]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=given names}}.

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