гробни́ца — meaning in English

English meaning

• hearse noun A vehicle specially built to carry a coffin to a funeral or burial.
• sepulchre noun A room or vault where a dead body is buried.
• tomb noun A structure or chamber, often built of stone, that holds the remains of the dead.

Senses

гробни́ца is used for these senses in English:

• hearse A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
• sepulchre A burial chamber.
• 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.

sepulchre — full definition

1. noun A room or vault where a dead body is buried.
2. noun (church history) A small space in some old churches where holy items were kept between Good Friday and Easter.

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