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. Van Dalen:

   After the body is placed in the tomb, there are constant events and activities, that is to say, their descendants keep coming back over many years and placing food and offerings there, including molluscs.

2. Zahi Hawass:

   I believe now that Cleopatra was buried in her tomb that she built next to her palace and it is under the water, her tomb will never be found.

3. Aryeh Shimron:

   The flooding of [the] tomb was caused by this earthquake which hit Jerusalem in [A.D.] 363, that soil and mud that flooded the tomb also buried the ossuaries.

4. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson:

   We’ve witnessed the desecration of cherished monuments, like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Terry Fox Statue, displays of hate symbols, like the Confederate flag and the swastika, and all types of bad behavior that have taken away the freedom of our residents to live without fear, many residents have not slept for days due to the noise and disruptions. Many have been shut in by the crowds – a lockdown imposed by the protest itself.

5. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   The game of those who tried to use the tomb and our soldiers to blackmail Turkey has been disrupted.