单词	catacomb
释义	catacombcat‧a‧comb /ˈkætəkuːm $ -koʊm/ noun [countable usually plural] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcatacomb Origin: 900-1000 Late Latin Catacumbas underground place in Rome where the bodies of St Peter and St Paul were said to be buried Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The Isolation Plant is an immense underground catacomb of storage cells. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A real den of iniquity it's divided up into several little catacombs. A thing of wonder, they stretch to the skies, and can seem for a time great catacombs of effort. Frankly, I was stunned when I saw myself like a kewpie doll from the catacombs. He turned back down the corridor, which was now as dark as a catacomb. He walked through the night city like a man seeking a resting place in the catacombs. In its layout the interior resembled black catacombs. They sat on the floor of the pigsty catacomb, praying. word sets WORD SETS► Death asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun an area underground where dead people are buried SYN  tomb
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