1. Lieu d'inhumation.
2. Tombe.
ETYM Old Eng. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, from byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.
The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; SYN. entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture.
ETYM AS. gr?f, from grafan to dig; akin to Dutch and OS. graf, German grab, Icel. gröf, Russ. grob grave, coffin. Related to Grave to carve.
1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); SYN. tomb.
2. Death of a person.
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.