| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  t m |
| NOUN: | 1. A grave or other place of burial. 2. A vault or chamber for burial of the dead. 3. A monument commemorating the dead. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos. See teu - in Appendix I.
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