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English → English (gcide) Definition: Tomb bat Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. ? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.] 1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. [1913 Webster] As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. “In tomb of marble stones.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. [1913 Webster] Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Tomb bat (Zo["o]l.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus). [1913 Webster]