CATACOMB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("catacomb" is a kind of...):

tunnel (a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars))

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

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