(colloquial) Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins.; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier. / (by extension) Any common soldier; a member of the rank and file. / (rare, now historical) A lesbian.

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.

(transitive) To bury.

(military) The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings, which can be launched from a ship or submarine.

Alternative spelling of tom-tit

The practice of letting accidents or failures (perhaps occasioning death, but not necessarily) identify engineering problems. / 2005, Safe Skies International

A headstone marking a person's grave. / (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.

(UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.

A hybrid of the tomato and tobacco plants. / A tomato plant grafted onto a tobacco plant. / The fruit of such a plant.

Diminutive of Thompson submachine gun