Tōmb1, n.
(tōōm), n. [Fr. tombe, It. tomba, Sp., Pg., & Late Lat. tumba, from Gr. τύμβος, a tomb, grave.]
Sense 1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. “As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” Shak.
Sense 2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
Sense 3. A monument erected to the memory of the dead; a tombstone. “Hang an epitaph on her tomb.” Shak.