tomb

Synonyms:

grave

Examples:

Holy Sepulcher

the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection

Mausoleum at Halicarnasus

a white marble mausoleum 140 feet high built in 352 BC at Halicarnassus as a memorial to a king; destroyed in 1402

Taj Mahal

beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife

Types:

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burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture

a chamber that is used as a grave

mastaba, mastabah

an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof

crypt

a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)

mausoleum

a large burial chamber, usually above ground

monument, repository

a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

burial vault, vault

a burial chamber (usually underground)

Type of:

place, spot, topographic point

a point located with respect to surface features of some region