crypt
US
/krɪpt/
UK
/krɪpt/
Meaning
An underground room, especially beneath a church, used for burials or containing graves.
चर्च के नीचे बना भूमिगत कमरा, जहाँ शवों को दफ़नाया जाता है या कब्रें होती हैं।
Examples
“The archaeologists discovered a crypt beneath the old church.”
“Several members of the royal family were buried in the crypt.”
“Visitors can enter the crypt through a narrow stone staircase.”
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Not natural: The king was buried on the crypt.
Better: The king was buried in the crypt.
Use in for burial inside an enclosed space; on suggests the body was on top of it.
बंद जगह के अंदर दफ़न होने के लिए in आता है; on का मतलब उसकी सतह पर होता है।
Not natural: We explored a cryptic beneath the church.
Better: We explored a crypt beneath the church.
Crypt is a noun for a burial chamber; cryptic is an adjective meaning mysterious or hard to understand.
Crypt दफ़न-कक्ष के लिए noun है; cryptic का मतलब रहस्यमय या समझने में मुश्किल होता है।
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A crypt is a physical burial chamber, often beneath a church; do not confuse it with cryptic, meaning mysterious.
Crypt एक असली दफ़न-कक्ष होता है, अक्सर चर्च के नीचे; इसे cryptic से न मिलाएँ, जिसका मतलब रहस्यमय है।