crypt
(noun) a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crypt (plural crypts)
(now, rare) A cave or cavern. [from 15th c.]
An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. [from 16th c.]
(anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Crypt (krpt), n. Etym: [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. Crot, Crotto.]
1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory. Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the cryps of Lieberk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
