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COLUMBARIUM
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Irregular inflected form: columbaria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("columbarium" is a kind of...):
burial vault; vault (a burial chamber (usually underground))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
Synonyms:
cinerarium; columbarium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("columbarium" is a kind of...):
niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A birdhouse for pigeons
Synonyms:
columbarium; columbary; dovecote
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("columbarium" is a kind of...):
birdhouse (a shelter for birds)
