tomb

n. [ OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. &unr_; a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus. ] 1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. “In tomb of marble stones.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tomb bat (Zool.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. tambaca, tambaque, fr. Malay tambāga copper; cf. Skr. tāmraka; cf. F. tombac. ] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German brass or Dutch brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [ Written also tombak, and tambac. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tumble, and -ster. ] A female dancer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of a tomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tom (for Thomas, L. Thomas, fr. Gr. &unr_; )+ boy. ] A romping girl; a hoiden. [ Colloq. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]