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BURIAL CHAMBER

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• BURIAL CHAMBER (noun)
The noun BURIAL CHAMBER has 1 sense:

1. a chamber that is used as a grave

Familiarity information: BURIAL CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.

• BURIAL CHAMBER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A chamber that is used as a grave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

burial chamber; sepulcher; sepulchre; sepulture

Hypernyms ("burial chamber" is a kind of...):

chamber (a natural or artificial enclosed space)

grave; tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burial chamber"):

crypt (a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church))

mausoleum (a large burial chamber, usually above ground)

monument; repository (a burial vault (usually for some famous person))

burial vault; vault (a burial chamber (usually underground))

Instance hyponyms:

Holy Sepulcher; Holy Sepulchre (the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection)

"Even a broken clock is right twice a day."
(English proverb)
"Those who lost dreaming are lost."
(Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"He who got out of his home lessened his value."
(Arabic proverb)
"When the cat is not home, the mice dance on the table."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of Holy Sepulchre
Meaning of crypt
Pronunciation of tomb
Meaning of mausoleum
Pronunciation of vault

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