tomb /tuːm/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •a room or a little building, often of stone, where the bodies of dead people are placed •A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. — 1591 •Death (literary)I'll go to the tomb unrepentant. •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. — 1912 verb1 •To bury. formstombed · tombing · tombs
