tomb

Plural: tombs

Noun

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
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.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
One who keeps secrets.

Verb

Verb Forms: tombed, tombing, tombs

To place in a tomb; to bury.
To bury.

Examples

He tried to tomb his opponent’s chances by playing a block word, but they found a way out.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
The verb is from Middle English tomben.

Synonyms

grave, burial chamber, sepulchre, vault

Scrabble Score: 8

tomb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tomb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tomb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

tomb: valid Words With Friends Word