tomb : Idioms & Phrases

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Altar tomb

  • a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Webster 1913

empty tomb

  • noun a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
    cenotaph.
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portal tomb

  • noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
    dolmen; cromlech.
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Tomb bat

  • (Zoöl.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (T. perforatus).
Webster 1913

womb-to-tomb

  • adjective satellite continuing through life
    lifelong.
    • a lifelong friend
    • from lifelong habit
    • his lifelong study of Greek art
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