tomb
/tum/
noun
- A large grave, especially one made of stone or built above ground, where a dead person is buried.
- The archaeologists carefully opened the stone tomb to study the remains inside.
- The ancient pharaoh's tomb was filled with gold and treasures.
- We visited the tomb of a famous poet in the old cemetery.
- A place or situation that feels like death or confinement; a state of being trapped or lifeless.
- After the earthquake, the collapsed building was a tomb for many people.
- He felt his small apartment was a tomb, with no windows and no visitors.
- The abandoned factory became a silent tomb of rusting machinery.