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Traditional English :: tomb
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tomb.html - n. 1 a large esp. underground vault for the burial of the dead. 2 an enclosure cut in the earth or in rock to receive a dead body. 3 a sepulchral monument. 4 (prec. by the) the state of death. [ME t(o)umbe f. AF tumbe, OF tombe f. LL tumba f. Gk tumbos] |
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Traditional English :: tombac
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tomb.html - n.
an alloy of copper and zinc used esp. as material for cheap jewellery. [F f. Malay tambaga copper] |
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Traditional English :: tombola
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tomb.html - n. Brit. a kind of lottery with tickets usu. drawn from a turning drum-shaped container, esp. at a f te or fair. [F tombola or It. f. tombolare tumble] |
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Traditional English :: tombolo
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tomb.html - n.
(pl. -os) a spit joining an island to the mainland. [It., = sand-dune] |
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Traditional English :: tomboy
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tomb.html - n. a girl who behaves in a rough boyish way. tomboyish adj. tomboyishness n. |
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Traditional English :: tombstone
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tomb.html - n.
a stone standing or laid over a grave, usu. with an epitaph. |
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