Dictionary 1. (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn.2. (n.) See Cyst. Thesaurus barrow beehive tomb bone house box grave burial burial chamber burial mound catacombs cenotaph charnel house cist grave cromlech crypt deep six dokhma dolmen grave house of death last home long home low green tent low house mastaba mausoleum monstrance mummy chamber narrow house ossuarium ossuary passage grave pit pyramid reliquary resting place sepulcher shaft grave shrine stupa tomb tope tower of silence tumulus vault |