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crypts

/kɹɪpts/

crypts is the plural of crypt.

Meaning of crypt

Noun

crypt (plural crypts)

  1. (archaic) A cave or cavern.
  2. An underground vault.
    1. Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
      • Near-synonyms: vault, tomb, sepulchre, sepulcher
  3. A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
    • Near-synonyms: fovea, fossa
    Synonyms:
    fovea, fossa
  4. Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
  5. Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

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Words that rhyme with crypts

Questions about crypts

What is crypts the plural of?
Crypts is the plural of crypt.
How do you pronounce crypts?
Crypts is pronounced /kɹɪpts/.

Words near crypts in the dictionary

  1. cryptozoology
  2. cryptozoospermia
  3. cryptozoospermic
  4. cryptozoölogy
  5. cryptozygous
  6. crypts
  7. crypts of Lieberkühn
  8. crys
  9. cryse
  10. cryses
  11. crysome

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