Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 28 compound words that contain tomb. The most common are listed below. Open tomb in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- Tomb Raider
- Tomb Sweeping DayAn annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The festival is also associated …
- chamber tombA communal burial place, cut into rock or hillslopes or constructed of masonry, whose chamber may or may not have an entry passage, usually covered by a mound.
- altar tombA monumental memorial resembling an altar, often with a canopy.
- Tomb Sweeping FestivalSynonym of Tomb Sweeping Day: An annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The …
- tomb batAny of various species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous
- passage tombSynonym of passage grave: One or more burial chambers covered by earth or stone and having a narrow access passage made of large stones. These structures usually date from the Neolithic Age, and are found largely in Western Europe.
- wedge tombA kind of Irish chamber tomb with the burial chamber narrowed at one end.
- beehive tombA dome-shaped tomb, or tholos.
- Severn-Cotswold tombA kind of megalithic chamber tomb, with a trapezoid mound, built by Neolithic peoples in Wales and southwest England around 3500 BC.
- from womb to tombSynonym of from the cradle to the grave: Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.
- silent as the tombSynonym of silent as the grave: Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject).
- tomb batsplural of tomb bat: Any of various species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous
- from the womb to the tombAlternative form of from womb to tomb: Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.
- empty as the tomb on EasterCompletely empty.
- tomb-stoneArchaic form of tombstone: A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
- tomb-stonesplural of tomb-stone: A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
Compound words 28
- tombstoneA grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
- entombTo deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.
- tombfulEnough to fill a tomb.
- tomblikeResembling or characteristic of a tomb.
- tombologyThe study of tombs.
- tomblessWithout a tomb.
- tombalOf or relating to tombs.
- tombmateOne who shares the same tomb.
- untombTo take (something, especially a body) from a tomb.
- tombicOf or relating to tombs.