HyperDic: burial_vault

English > 1 sense of the expression burial vault:
NOUNartifactburial vault, vaulta burial chamber (usually underground)
English > burial vault: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA burial chamber (usually underground).
Synonymvault
Narrowercharnel house, charnelA vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
columbariumA sepulchral / sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
Broaderburial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepultureA chamber that is used as a grave
Spanishbóveda, cripta, panteón
Catalancambra funerària, cripta, panteó

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