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Crypt

//kɹɪpt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cave or cavern. archaic
  2. 2
    a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) wordnet
  3. 3
    An underground vault.
  4. 4
    An underground vault.; Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.

    "Near-synonyms: vault, tomb, sepulchre, sepulcher"

  5. 5
    A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.

    "Near-synonyms: fovea, fossa"

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  1. 6
    Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
  2. 7
    Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

Etymology

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

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