Usually means: Underground chamber for storing remains.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. crypt, crypt-: Merriam-Webster
  2. crypt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crypt, crypt-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crypt, crypt-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crypt: Vocabulary.com
  6. Crypt, crypt, crypt: Wordnik
  7. crypt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. crypt, crypt-: Wiktionary
  9. crypt, crypt-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. crypt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. crypt: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. crypt, crypt-: Dictionary.com
  13. crypt: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. crypt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Crypt (C), Crypt (Unix), Crypt (anatomy), Crypt (disambiguation), Crypt, The Crypt (Kings Dominion), The Crypt (Kings Island), The Crypt (album), The Crypt (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Crypt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. Crypt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. crypt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. crypt: FreeDictionary.org
  20. crypt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. crypt, crypt-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. crypt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  23. crypt: Rhymezone
  24. crypt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. CRYPT: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  2. Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)
  3. crypt: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
  4. crypt-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  5. crypt: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Death and Funeral Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. crypt: CCI Computer
  2. crypt: Encyclopedia
  3. crypt: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. crypt: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Crypt: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. crypt, crypt(o)-, crypt-: Medical dictionary
  7. Crypt: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CRYPT-: Acronym Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Crypt: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Crypt: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. crypt: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (now rare) A cave or cavern.
noun:  An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
noun:  (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
noun:  (botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
noun:  (botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

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