crypt

as in tomb
an underground burial chamber the old church's crypt is the final resting place for the president and his beloved wife

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Recent Examples of crypt In the crypt where St. Anthony was born, there is a contemporary tile panel illustrating a 1982 visit to the church by Pope John Paul II. Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Be sure to bring along a copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' Of Love and Demons for poolside reading—the illustrious crypt that inspired this spooky story is located right on the hotel grounds and Marquez’ house is just around the corner. Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2025 According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, musty crypts and the decayed remains of mummies smell-like a high end spa. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025 Nicholas Santiago’s projections give eerie embellishment to Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s scenic design, so that the basic outline of Inverness Castle suggests at moments Dracula’s Transylvanian crypt. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crypt
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Noun
  • Related article Clashes erupt in western India as Hindu groups demand demolition of Mughal ruler’s tomb Modi’s BJP denies using the Mughal emperor’s name to defame India’s Muslims.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • See inside In Linfen, China, archaeologists uncovered a Yuan Dynasty tomb with a domed ceiling adorned with murals.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • Most of its details are still hidden away in a secret Koenigsegg vault while awaiting patent protection.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
  • This is important as recent reports warn about thousands of 3D protein structures and other disease-relevant big datasets held within the vaults of private companies.
    Amelia Palermo, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Outside the mausoleum’s walls were about 20 burials in a variety of styles, officials said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Venus, Saturn and Jupiter stood in a line above the mausoleum’s sandstone pillars.
    Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Crypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crypt. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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