crypt
/kɹɪpt/
crypt noun: a cave or cavern.
Noun
crypt (plural crypts)
- A cave or cavern.
- An underground vault.
- Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
- Near-synonyms: vault, tomb, sepulchre, sepulcher
- She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter.1922, Michael Arlen, “3/2/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
- Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
- A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
- Near-synonyms: fovea, fossa
- Sometimes, too much foreign material can get caught in the crypts, leading to frequent infections.2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 25
- Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
crypt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
crypt in Hindi
- क्रिप्ट
crypt in Tamil
- நிலவறை, குழி, பள்ளம்
crypt in Marathi
- क्रिप्ट
crypt in Urdu
- کریپٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- crypt in Bengali
- গির্জার নিচের সমাধিকক্ষ, ক্রিপ্ট
- crypt in Telugu
- క్రిప్ట్, క్రిప్టు
- crypt in Malayalam
- നിലവറ, പ്രേതക്കല്ലറ, ഗുഹാഗൃഹം
- crypt in Kannada
- ನೆಲಮಾಳಿಗೆ, ನೆಲಮನೆ
- crypt in Punjabi
- ਕ੍ਰਿਪਟ, ਕਰਿਪਟ
- crypt in Gujarati
- ક્રિપ્ટ
- crypt in Odia
- କ୍ରିପ୍ଟ
- crypt in Nepali
- क्रिप्ट
- crypt in Malay
- kripta
- crypt in Persian
- دخمه daxme
Examples of crypt in a sentence
- Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.
- I glanced now into the distance, towards the mini skyline of crypts and monuments alongside Frogmore.
- Yes it has already been determined to be official snake oil by sci.crypt.
Synonyms of crypt
Forms of crypt
| plural | crypts |
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Origin of crypt
Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.
Words formed from crypt
Words that rhyme with crypt
Questions about crypt
- What does crypt mean?
- Crypt means a cave or cavern.
- What is crypt in Hindi?
- Crypt in Hindi is क्रिप्ट. See Crypt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crypt?
- Crypt is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crypt?
- Crypt is pronounced /kɹɪpt/.
- What is the plural of crypt?
- The plural of crypt is crypts.
Words near crypt in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: crypt (page history and authors); crypt (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crypt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crypt (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crypt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crypt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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