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How to pronounce “tomb”

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Real speech example: The Human Cost of Coal Mining in Chinafor the tomb-sweeping day.
Definition summary: A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

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The Human Cost of Coal Mining in China

for the tomb-sweeping day.

[Noun]
A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
(loosely) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
One who keeps secrets.
Death (literary)
[Verb]
(transitive) To bury.

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