Definition of Catacomb

1. Noun. An underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).

Generic synonyms: Tunnel
Geographical relationships: Capital Of Italy, Eternal City, Italian Capital, Roma, Rome
Category relationships: Antiquity

Definition of Catacomb

1. n. A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.

Definition of Catacomb

1. Noun. An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a subterranean tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or ancient Rome. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catacomb

1. an underground cemetery [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catacomb

catachresis
catachrestic
catachrestical
catachrestically
catachronobiology
cataclasm
cataclastic
cataclinal
cataclysm
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysmically
cataclysmist
cataclysmists
cataclysms
catacomb (current term)
catacombs
catacorner
catacoustic
catacoustics
catacrotic
catacrotic pulse
catacrotism
catadicrotic
catadicrotic pulse
catadicrotism
catadidymus
catadioptric
catadioptrics
catadromous

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