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Word entry · 8 letters

cenotaph

Best crossword clue

"Empty memorial tomb"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛn.əˌtɑːf/Part of speech nounSorted acehnoptStarts with CEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2E3N4O5T6A7P8H

Definitions

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

Word origin

From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.

Used in a sentence

  • A cenotaph was erected for him in Gaul, while his body was taken to Rome and inclosed in a magnificent tomb.
  • […] tombs and cenotaphs were strewed thick around adorned by every renewing vegetation; […]
  • But age is heart-wearied and tempest-torn: it is the crumbling cenotaph of fear and hope!

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