Synonyms for tomb
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1. tomb

   Synonyms:
   grave, vault, catacomb, sepulcher, crypt, house of death, narrow house, long home

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1. grave, tombnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   grave, grave accent

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1. tombnoun

   Synonyms:
   sepulchre, vault, crypt, catacomb, grave, house of death, narrow house, long home

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1. tombnoun

   Synonyms:
   sepulchre, crypt, vault, ossuary, mausoleum (a magnificent tomb)

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1. List of paraphrases for "tomb":

   grave, falls, shrine, gravesite, cemetery, graveyard, fall, gravestone, mausoleum

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1. Patrizia Piacentini:

   We like to imagine that the people buried in the tomb of Aswan loved this rare seed so much so that their relatives placed a bowl next to the deceased that contained them, so that they could feed on them for eternity.

2. Another British archaeologist:

   Without all this distracting color you can see all sort of things. You can see lines that indicate corners of cut walls, and these are the things that I noticed first, if I'm right, this is simply part of the entrance to the tomb of Nefertiti. The tomb, I think, continues beyond this wall. There will be a burial chamber beyond there.

3. Zeng Yan:

   Whether China's economy has hit bottom still needs more proof, it's a very sensitive time for the market so any negative news would prompt investors to reduce their positions, especially ahead of Tomb Sweeping Day.

4. Another British archaeologist:

   My feeling is this is a tomb, originally made for a queen, which was adapted for the burial of a queen who had become a pharaoh, the pharaoh (dressed as a mummy) in question looks to be Nefertiti and the person burying Nefertiti appears to be Tutankhamun.

5. AiR:

   We shuttle between joy and sorrow. We live, we die, and we don’t even know why. We are born, and we just zoom from womb to tomb. We don’t have time to realize the truth.