Crypt

[krɪpt]

Definition

(noun.) a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church).

Edited by Jeffrey--From WordNet

Definition

(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; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.

Typist: Merritt

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Vault, tomb, catacomb.

Typist: Steven

Definition

n. an underground cell or chapel esp. one used for burial.—adjs. Cryp′tic -al hidden: secret: unseen.

Typist: Zamenhof