EMPTY TOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does empty tomb mean? 

• EMPTY TOMB (noun)
  The noun EMPTY TOMB has 1 sense:

1. a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered

  Familiarity information: EMPTY TOMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPTY TOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cenotaph; empty tomb

Hypernyms ("empty tomb" is a kind of...):

memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)