sepulcher
English Thesaurus
1. a chamber that is used as a grave (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | chamber, |
| definition | : | a natural or artificial enclosed space (noun.artifact) |
| hypernym | : | grave, tomb, |
| definition | : | a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | crypt, |
| definition | : | a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mausoleum, |
| definition | : | a large burial chamber, usually above ground (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | monument, repository, |
| definition | : | a burial vault (usually for some famous person) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | burial vault, vault, |
| definition | : | a burial chamber (usually underground) (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | holy sepulcher, holy sepulchre, |
| definition | : | the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | funereal, sepulchral, |
| definition | : | suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sepulchral, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a sepulchre (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | funereal, sepulchral, |
| definition | : | suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sepulchral, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a sepulchre (adj.pert) |
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