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# tomb

«tomb» in Mova's school dictionary: **a grave or a stone room where a dead body is laid, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tomb, tombs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tomb is a grave or a stone room where a dead body is laid, often with a big stone or monument over it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#m1)

2) (Bible) The tomb of Jesus was a cave cut in rock; Christians believe it was found empty on Easter morning because he rose from the dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history, pharaohs' tombs were filled with treasure; archaeologists dig them up. At Easter, pupils hear how the women found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Phrases: the empty tomb, an ancient tomb, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, silent as the tomb.

### examples

- The pharaoh's tomb was full of gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x1)
- On Easter morning the tomb was empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x2)
- A huge stone was rolled in front of the tomb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x3)
- We visited a stone tomb in the cathedral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x4)
- The class made a model of the empty tomb with clay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x5)
- The old house was as silent as a tomb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x6)
- Soon they will go to sleep in the tomb of the great King. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/#x7)

### note

The b is silent: say "toom" (rhymes with room). Plural tombs. Related: tombstone (the stone on a grave). Similar silent b: comb, lamb, climb, bomb (but bomb says "bom").

### In the corpora

- [The curse of Tutankhamun is a newspaper legend; most people who opened the tomb lived long lives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/5-ancient-egypt-the-nile-and-the-pharaohs/13/)
- [Later pharaohs were buried in hidden rock-cut tombs in the Valley of the Kings, because robbers could easily find the pyramids.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/14/)
- [The tomb itself is still closed, to protect it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/52-china-the-first-emperor-the-terracotta-army-and-the-great-wall/4/)
- [At the tomb of his friend Lazarus «Jesus wept», and then he called Lazarus back to life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/15/)
- [On the third day after the crucifixion some women went to Jesus' tomb and found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tomb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.