tomb´like´

tomb «toom», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a grave, vault, mausoleum, or other place for a dead body, often above ground: »

The greedy sea, The mighty tomb of mariners and kings (William Morris).

2. Figurative. death.

–v.t.

to put in a tomb; shut up in a tomb; entomb; bury.

╂[< Anglo-French tumbe, Old French tombe < Late Latin tumba < Greek týmbos burial mound]

–tomb´less, adjective.

–tomb´like´, adjective.