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Definitions for Crypt

[1] a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
[2] Anatomy . a slender pit or recess; a small glandular cavity.
[3] variant of crypto- before a vowel.
[4] a cellar, vault, or underground chamber, esp beneath a church, where it is often used as a chapel, burial place, etc
[5] anatomy any pitlike recess or depression

Words related to Crypt

room, grotto, sepulcher, cave, catacomb, cell, chamber, cavern, vault, tomb, compartment, grave, mausoleum, undercroft

Words nearby Crypt

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Origin of Crypt

1375–1425 for sense “grotto”; 1555–65 for current senses; late Middle English cripte < Latin crypta < Greek kryptḗ hidden place, noun use of feminine of kryptós hidden, verbid of krýptein to hide; replacing earlier crypta < Latin, as above

Other words from Crypt

un·der·crypt , noun

Word origin for Crypt

C18: from Latin crypta, from Greek kruptē vault, secret place, from kruptos hidden, from kruptein to hide

Synonyms for Crypt

catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, vault, undercroft