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Grabmal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tomb noun A structure or chamber, often built of stone, that holds the remains of the dead.
  • tombstone noun A stone slab or marker placed at a grave, usually inscribed with the deceased's name and dates.

Senses

Grabmal is used for these senses in English:

  • tomb 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.
  • tombstone A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

tomb — full definition

  1. noun A structure or chamber, often built of stone, that holds the remains of the dead.
  2. noun A grave, or figuratively, death itself.

tombstone — full definition

  1. noun A stone slab or marker placed at a grave, usually inscribed with the deceased's name and dates.
  2. verb To jump feet-first from a cliff or high point into water below, entering vertically (British slang).
  3. name A historic city in Cochise County, Arizona, known for the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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