tomb
Chamber for dead
A tomb is a place of burial, especially one that is built rather than simply dug—a vault, chamber, or monument housing the dead.
Tombs range from ancient stone structures to elaborate mausoleums: the tomb of the unknown soldier, Egyptian tombs filled with treasures.
Figuratively, any silent, dark, or deathly still place may be called a tomb: The house was a tomb after everyone left.
Serious and worrying
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
sarcophagus · coffin · casket · interment · burial chamber · necropolis · cemetery · graveyard
Very old indeed
- excavationAct of unearthing
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- inscriptionText permanently marked
antechamber · artifact · sarcophagus · mummy · treasure · discovery · Tutankhamun · terracotta
Producing no sound
- darkAbsence of light
- coldLow temperature state
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- dustyCoated with fine particles
underground · eternal · forgotten · haunted · eerie · solemn · still · sealed
Intense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- wakePath left in water
- bereavementState following loss
sorrow · lamentation · eulogy · condolences · remembrance · mourners · procession · cortège
Sacred devotional place
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- veneratedRegarded with profound respect
holy · reliquary · pilgrimage · saint · martyr · relic · blessed · sanctified
grave
Serious and worrying
sepulcher · sarcophagus · coffin · casket · interment · burial chamber · necropolis · cemetery · graveyard · ossuary
ancient
Very old indeed
- excavationAct of unearthing
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
inscription · antechamber · artifact · sarcophagus · mummy · treasure · discovery · Tutankhamun · terracotta · sealed
silent
Producing no sound
dusty · underground · eternal · forgotten · haunted · eerie · solemn · still · sealed · shadowy
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
bereavement · sorrow · lamentation · eulogy · condolences · remembrance · mourners · procession · cortège · pallbearer
shrine
Sacred devotional place
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
venerated · holy · reliquary · pilgrimage · saint · martyr · relic · blessed · sanctified · revered
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- Egyptpyramids, Cairo, Sphinx, Nile, pharaoh
- burial sitesgrave, crypt, crypts, burial mound, burial ground
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- Mummy Moviesmummy, curse, ancient curse, bandages, sarcophagus
- tombsburial vault, burial chamber, mausoleum, graves, sepulcher
tombexhume
Unbury the dead
disinter · unearth · exhumation · untomb · disinterment
tombcradle
Rocking bed for infants
womb · birthplace · nursery · maternity ward · delivery room
tombcrematorium
Corpse incineration facility
cremation · pyre · cremate · funeral pyre · burn
- silent as the tombCompletely without sound
- ancient tombsHistoric burial structures
- Egyptian tombsAncient royal sepulchers
- royal tombBurial site for sovereigns
- Tomb RaiderPlunderer of ancient burial sites
- tomb raidingStealing from burial sites
tombstone, tombs, entomb, tombstones, tombed, entombment, entombed, tomblike, entombing