crypt

noun

ˈkript How to pronounce crypt (audio)
Definition of cryptnext
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 addition to its numerous houses, the property plays host to a number of unique amenities, including a treehouse, a pond, a chapel, a crypt where Sheeran plans to be buried, and a private pub. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026 After a private ceremony for the Norwegian royals, who will be joined by some of the foreign guests and senior Norwegian officials, the coffin will be lowered into the crypt. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 The festivities began with a formal and moody candlelit welcome dinner inside the villa’s historic crypt. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 The Boulet Brothers descend on New York Comic Con to celebrate a decade of horror, filth, and glamour, and open the crypt on the show’s upcoming seventh season. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crypt
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  1. tomb
  2. vault
  3. mausoleum
Noun
  • Nearby was the city’s Jewish graveyard, where the tombs are laid out around a steep flight of steps.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Valley of the Kings and the tombs of Tutankhamun and Seti I.
    — Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of tomb
Noun
  • For now, analysts have Nike chief executive officer Elliott Hill’s promise that the team will introduce more than a dozen footwear styles that are all new instead of going back to the vault and doing old retro shoes.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The company has built an operating model that runs like an active business rather than a passive vault.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • The shovel now hangs above a massive fireplace in Digger’s mansion, one of those lavish, sprawling estates that the wealthy build as monuments to themselves and which invariably become mausoleums.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Clad in his go-to outfit of silk pajamas and snakeskin boots, Digger runs his empire from an estate that’s more mausoleum than mansion.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of mausoleum

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“Crypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crypt. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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