crypt

Meaning

1. A cave or cavern.
2. An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
3. A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
4. Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
5. Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

Synonyms

vault

grave

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tomb

charnel-house

hiding place

mine

repository

undercroft

underground cell

church interior

vaulted basement

cache

recessus

catacomb

charnel house

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɪpt/

Etymology

From Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.