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EMPTY TOMB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
Synonyms:
cenotaph; empty tomb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("empty tomb" is a kind of...):
memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)