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Webster 1913 Edition


Tomb

Tomb

,
Noun.
[OE.
tombe
,
toumbe
, F.
tombe
, LL.
tumba
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] 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.
As one dead in the bottom of a
tomb
.
Shakespeare
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.
3.
A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Hang her an epitaph upon her
tomb
.
Shakespeare
Tomb bat
(Zool.)
,
any one of species of Old World bats of the genus
Taphozous
which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (
Taphozous perforatus
).

Tomb

,,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tombed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tombing
.]
To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
I
tombed
my brother that I might be blessed.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tomb

TOMB

,
Noun.
toom. [L. tumulus, a heap or hillock; tumeo, to swell.]
1.
A grave; a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
2.
A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.
3.
A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.

TOMB

,
Verb.
T.
To bury; to inter. [See Entomb.]

Definition 2024


tömb

tömb

See also: tomb

Hungarian

Noun

tömb (plural tömbök)

  1. block

Declension

Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tömb tömbök
accusative tömböt tömböket
dative tömbnek tömböknek
instrumental tömbbel tömbökkel
causal-final tömbért tömbökért
translative tömbbé tömbökké
terminative tömbig tömbökig
essive-formal tömbként tömbökként
essive-modal
inessive tömbben tömbökben
superessive tömbön tömbökön
adessive tömbnél tömböknél
illative tömbbe tömbökbe
sublative tömbre tömbökre
allative tömbhöz tömbökhöz
elative tömbből tömbökből
delative tömbről tömbökről
ablative tömbtől tömböktől
Possessive forms of tömb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tömböm tömbjeim
2nd person sing. tömböd tömbjeid
3rd person sing. tömbje tömbjei
1st person plural tömbünk tömbjeink
2nd person plural tömbötök tömbjeitek
3rd person plural tömbjük tömbjeik

Derived terms

References

  1. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6