TOMB, n. toom. [L. 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, v.t. To bury; to inter. [See Entomb.]
