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crypt His old nightmare was of being locked in a crypt with corpses as his only companions. krɪpt

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(1) A room completely or partly underground, especially under the main floor of a church. (2) A room or area in a large aboveground tomb. Hidden under the main floor of a great church is often a large room, often with a tomb as its centerpiece. Many major European churches were built over the remains of a saint—the Vatican's great St. Peter's Basilica is an example—and instead of having the coffin buried, it was often given its spacious room below ground level. In a large aboveground tomb, or mausoleum, there may be several small chambers for individual coffins, also called crypts; when the comic book Tales from the Crypt made its first appearance in 1950, it was this meaning that the authors were referring to

word	crypt
definition	(1) A room completely or partly underground, especially under the main floor of a church. (2) A room or area in a large aboveground tomb.
eg_sentence	His old nightmare was of being locked in a crypt with corpses as his only companions.
explanation	Hidden under the main floor of a great church is often a large room, often with a tomb as its centerpiece. Many major European churches were built over the remains of a saint—the Vatican's great St. Peter's Basilica is an example—and instead of having the coffin buried, it was often given its spacious room below ground level. In a large aboveground tomb, or mausoleum, there may be several small chambers for individual coffins, also called crypts; when the comic book Tales from the Crypt made its first appearance in 1950, it was this meaning that the authors were referring to
IPA	krɪpt

Crypt Room Large Main Floor Aboveground Great Completely