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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tomb |
| Synonyms: | burial, burial chamber, burial place, catacomb, cemetery, charnel house, coffin, crypt, grave, monument, sepulcher, vault |
| Main Entry: | grave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial place |
| Synonyms: | catacomb, crypt, final resting place, last home, mausoleum, mound, permanent address, place of interment, resting place, sepulcher, shrine, six feet under, tomb, vault |
| Main Entry: | memorial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monument, testimonial in honor, praise |
| Synonyms: | cairn, ceremony, column, headstone, inscription, keepsake, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pillar, plaque, record, relic, remembrance, reminder, shaft, slab, souvenir, statue, stele, tablet, token, tombstone, trophy |
| Main Entry: | monument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | memorial, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | cairn, cenotaph, column, commemoration, erection, footstone, gravestone, headstone, ledger, magnum opus, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pile, pillar, record, reminder, shrine, slab, statue, stele, stone, tablet, testament, token, tomb, tombstone, tower, tribute, witness |
| Main Entry: | shrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tribute to a god, idol, or spirit |
| Synonyms: | altar, chapel, church, enshrinement, grave, hallowed place, holy place, mausoleum, reliquary, sacred place, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, temple |
| Main Entry: | tomb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial place |
| Synonyms: | box, burial, burial chamber, catacomb, coffin, crypt, grave, mausoleum, monument, pit, sepulcher, trough, vault |
| Main Entry: | vault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depository |
| Synonyms: | basement, box, can, catacomb, cavern, cellar, crib*, crypt, dungeon, grave, mausoleum, pit, repository, safe, safe-deposit box, sepulcher, strong room, tomb |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cinerarium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | columbarium |
| Synonyms: | crypt, mausoleum, ossuarium, ossuary, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault |
| Main Entry: | sepulture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grave |
| Synonyms: | catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, final resting place, last home, mausoleum, mound, ossuary, permanent address, place of interment, resting place, sepulcher, shrine, six feet under, tomb, vault |
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