Crypt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
  • n. Anatomy A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
  • n. A small pit or cavity in the body
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.
  • n. A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hidden or secret recess; a subterranean cell or cave, especially one constructed or used for the interment of bodies, as in the catacombs.
  • n. A part of an ecclesiastical building, as a cathedral, church, etc., below the chief floor, commonly set apart for monumental purposes, and sometimes used as a chapel or a shrine.
  • n. In anatomy, a follicle; a small simple tubular or saccular secretory pit; a small glandular cavity: as, a mucous crypt (a follicular secretory pit in mucous membrane). See follicle. Also crypta.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    follicle    vault   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chipped    clipped    conscript    dipped    dripped    encrypt    equipped    flipped    gripped    gypped   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cavern    nave    vault    grotto    dungeon    cemetery    chapel    tomb    transept    spire