Empty Tomb (Noun)
Meaning
A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The empty tomb was built in the town square to commemorate the soldiers who had died in combat and were buried overseas.
- A grand empty tomb was erected in the cemetery to honor the victims of the plane crash whose bodies could not be recovered.
- The monument was actually an empty tomb, but it served as a poignant reminder of the great leader who lay buried in a distant land.
- The small town constructed an empty tomb as a memorial to its founder, whose remains had been lost at sea.
- The empty tomb in the national cemetery held no human remains, but it symbolized the selfless sacrifice of those who had given their lives in service.