Množina: tombs

ETYM Old Eng. tombe, toumbe, French tombe, Late Lat. tumba.
1. A hole in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
2. The site where the grave lies.
3. A monument erected to enclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

(1964-) Italian skier who became the Olympic and World Cup slalom and giant-slalom champion in 1988. He won the World Cup giant-slalom championships again in 1991. Tomba's gold medal in the giant slalom at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics enabled him to become the first skier to retain his Olympic gold medal.

Množina: tombacs

ETYM Portu. tambaca,tambaque, from Malay tambâga copper; cf. Skr. tâmraka; cf. French tombac.
An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding; SYN. tombak, tambac.
Cheap gold-coloured alloy of zinc and copper.
Alloy of zinc and copper used for cheap jewelry, etc.; Dutch gold.

Množina: Tomballs

City in Texas (USA); zip code 77375.

(William) (1906-) US astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto 1930.
Tombaugh, born in Streator, Illinois, became an assistant at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1929, and photographed the sky in search of an undiscovered but predicted remote planet.
The new planet would be dim, so each photograph could be expected to show anything between 50,000 and 500,000 stars. And, because of its distance from the Earth, any visible motion would be very slight. Tombaugh solved the problem by comparing two photographs of the same part of the sky taken on different days. The photographic plates were focused at a single point and alternately flashed rapidly on to a screen. A planet moving against the background of stars would appear to move back and forth on the screen. Tombaugh found Pluto on 18 Feb 1930, from plates taken three weeks earlier. He continued his search for new planets across the entire sky; his failure to find any placed strict limits on the possible existence of planets beyond Pluto.

Holding that the Egyptian pyramids were intended as tombs.

Množina: Tombigbees

A tributary of the Mobile River; Also called: Tombigbee River.

Množina: tombolas

(British) A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
Lottery in which each entrant must win a prize

Množina: tombolos

Narrow spit linking an island with another island or the mainland.

Množina: Tombouctous

Town W Africa in Mali near Niger River

Množina: tomboys

ETYM Tom, Thomas + boy.
A girl who behaves in a boyish manner; SYN. romp, hoyden.

Singular of tomboys is tomboy.

Singular of tombs is tomb.

Množina: Tombstones

City in Arizona (USA); zip code 85638.
Former silver-mining town in the desert of SE Arizona, US. The gunfight at the OK Corral, with deputy marshal Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and “Doc” Holliday against the Clanton gang, took place here 26 Oct 1881.

Množina: tombstones

A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.