Tomb — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈuːm/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈuːm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈuːm/

1 syllable Say it as /tˈuːm/.

Examples

he put flowers on his mother's grave

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

grave

Parts of Speech

noun	a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) “he put flowers on his mother's grave”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Grab

ein Ort für die Beerdigung einer Leiche (besonders unter der Erde und markiert durch einen Grabstein)

🇫🇷French

tombeau

un lieu d'inhumation d'un cadavre (notamment sous terre et marqué par une pierre tombale)

🇪🇸Spanish

tumba

un lugar para el entierro de un cadáver (especialmente bajo tierra y marcado por una lápida)

🇮🇹Italian

tomba

un luogo per la sepoltura di un cadavere (soprattutto sotto terra e contrassegnato da una lapide)

🇳🇱Dutch

graf

een plaats voor het begraven van een lijk (vooral onder de grond en gemarkeerd door een grafsteen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

túmulo

um local para o enterro de um cadáver (especialmente abaixo do solo e marcado por uma lápide)

🇷🇺Russian

могила

место для захоронения трупа (особенно под землей и отмеченное надгробием)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कब्र

किसी शव को दफ़नाने का स्थान (विशेषकर ज़मीन के नीचे और समाधि के पत्थर से चिह्नित)

🇧🇩Bengali

সমাধি

একটি মৃতদেহ দাফনের জন্য একটি জায়গা (বিশেষত মাটির নীচে এবং একটি সমাধি পাথর দ্বারা চিহ্নিত)

🇮🇳Tamil

கல்லறை

ஒரு சடலத்தை அடக்கம் செய்வதற்கான இடம் (குறிப்பாக தரைக்கு அடியில் மற்றும் ஒரு கல்லறையால் குறிக்கப்பட்டது)

🇮🇳Telugu

సమాధి

శవాన్ని ఖననం చేయడానికి ఒక స్థలం (ముఖ్యంగా భూమి క్రింద మరియు సమాధి రాయితో గుర్తించబడింది)

🇮🇳Marathi

थडगे

प्रेत दफन करण्याची जागा (विशेषत: जमिनीच्या खाली आणि थडग्याने चिन्हांकित)

🇮🇳Gujarati

કબર

શબને દફનાવવા માટેની જગ્યા (ખાસ કરીને જમીનની નીચે અને કબરના પત્થર દ્વારા ચિહ્નિત)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಮಾಧಿ

ಶವವನ್ನು ಸಮಾಧಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಸ್ಥಳ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನೆಲದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಾಧಿಯ ಕಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശവകുടീരം

ഒരു മൃതദേഹം സംസ്‌കരിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള സ്ഥലം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് നിലത്തിന് അടിയിൽ ഒരു ശവകുടീരത്താൽ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਬਰ

ਇੱਕ ਲਾਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਦਫ਼ਨਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਦੇ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਕਬਰ ਦੇ ਪੱਥਰ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਿਤ)

🇵🇰Urdu

قبر

لاش کو دفنانے کی جگہ (خاص طور پر زمین کے نیچے اور قبر کے پتھر سے نشان زد)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

墓

埋葬尸体的地方（特别是在地下并有墓碑标记的地方）

🇯🇵Japanese

墓

死体を埋葬する場所（特に地面の下、墓石でマークされている場所）

🇰🇷Korean

무덤

시체를 매장하는 장소(특히 땅 아래에 묘비가 표시되어 있음)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngôi mộ

nơi chôn cất xác chết (đặc biệt là dưới lòng đất và được đánh dấu bằng bia mộ)

🇹🇭Thai

หลุมฝังศพ

สถานที่ฝังศพ (โดยเฉพาะใต้พื้นดินและมีป้ายหลุมศพ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

makam

tempat penguburan jenazah (terutama di bawah tanah dan ditandai dengan batu nisan)

🇵🇭Filipino

libingan

isang lugar para sa paglilibing ng isang bangkay (lalo na sa ilalim ng lupa at minarkahan ng isang lapida)

🇲🇾Malay

makam

tempat untuk pengebumian mayat (terutamanya di bawah tanah dan ditandakan dengan batu nisan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قبر

مكان لدفن الجثة (خاصة تحت الأرض ومميز بشاهدة القبر)

🇮🇷Persian

مقبره

مکانی برای دفن جسد (به ویژه در زیر زمین و با سنگ قبر مشخص شده است)

🇹🇷Turkish

mezar

Bir cesedin gömüldüğü yer (özellikle toprağın altında ve mezar taşıyla işaretlenmiş)

🇮🇱Hebrew

קֶבֶר

מקום לקבורה של גופה (במיוחד מתחת לאדמה ומסומן על ידי מצבה)

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What is the primary definition of the word 'tomb'?

The primary meaning of 'tomb' is 'a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'tomb' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'tomb' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'tomb' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'tomb' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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