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Tomb vs Tomblike - What's the difference?

tomb | tomblike |

As a noun tomb

is block.

As an adjective tomblike is

resembling a tomb or some aspect of one.

tomb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
  • A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
  • * Shakespeare
    • As one dead in the bottom of a tomb .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bury.

    • tomblike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a tomb or some aspect of one.
  • * 1994 , Terry Brooks, The Talismans of Shannara
    • He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.