catacomb
21catacomb — cat|a|comb [ˈkætəku:m US koum] n [C usually plural] [Date: 900 1000; : Late Latin; Origin: Catacumbas underground place in Rome where the bodies of St Peter and St Paul were said to be buried] an area underground where dead people are buried =… …
22Catacomb — An underground cemetery consisting of corridors, rooms (cubicula), and burial niches (loculi and arcosolia). The most famous catacombs are those around Rome (q.v.), which contain some of the earliest Christian art …
23catacomb — [[t]kæ̱təkuːm, AM koʊm[/t]] catacombs N COUNT: usu pl Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried …
24catacomb — cat·a·comb || kætÉ™kuËm n. subterranean cemetery, crypt, tomb …
25catacomb — [ katəku:m] noun an underground cemetery consisting of a gallery with recesses for tombs. Origin OE, from late L. catacumbas, the name of the subterranean cemetery of St Sebastian near Rome …
26catacomb — n. Crypt, vault, tomb …
27catacomb — n 1.Usu. catacombs (all underground) cemetery, ossuary, burial ground; crypt, vault, sepulchre. 2.Usu. catacombs (all underground) tunnels, maze, labyrinth …
28catacomb — cat·a·comb …
29catacomb — cat•a•comb [[t]ˈkæt əˌkoʊm[/t]] n. 1) Usu., catacombs. an underground cemetery, esp. one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs 2) rel the Catacombs, the subterranean burial chambers of the early Christians in …
30catacomb — /ˈkætəkoʊm / (say katuhkohm), / kum/ (say koohm) noun 1. (usually plural) an underground cemetery, especially one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs. 2. any series of underground tunnels and caves. {Middle …
