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nouna place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
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- sleep euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- rest euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- grave a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- bury place in a grave or tomb
- carter Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
- tomb a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- pyramid a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
- inter place in a grave or tomb
- lazarus the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death
- medina a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam