empty tomb

Thân thiện

A family visits an empty tomb in a peaceful cemetery.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered: An "empty tomb" is a memorial structure, such as a cenotaph, that commemorates an individual or group whose body is buried in another location or is missing.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The city's central square features an empty tomb for soldiers lost at sea.
  • They visited the empty tomb dedicated to the famous explorer, whose body was never found.

Advanced Usage

• Symbolic Use: The term can be used metaphorically to represent a memorial for ideas, eras, or movements whose physical presence is gone but which are still honored.
  • The preserved ruins stand as an empty tomb to a vanished civilization.

Variants and Related Words

• Cenotaph (n): A synonym for an empty tomb; a monument erected in honor of a person or group whose remains are elsewhere.
  • The cenotaph in the park lists the names of the fallen.

Synonyms

• Memorial: A structure erected to commemorate a person or event.
• Monument: A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.

Related Phrases

• War memorial: A specific type of monument, often an empty tomb, commemorating those who died in a war.
  • The war memorial in the village square is an empty tomb for local soldiers.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cenotaph