- burial vault
- nouna burial chamber (usually underground)• Syn: ↑vault• Hypernyms: ↑burial chamber, ↑sepulcher, ↑sepulchre, ↑sepulture• Hyponyms: ↑charnel house, ↑charnel, ↑columbarium
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Burial vault — may refer to: Burial vault (enclosure), protective coffin enclosure Burial vault (tomb), underground tomb This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led yo … Wikipedia
Burial vault (enclosure) — For an underground tomb, see Burial vault (tomb) .A burial vault is a sturdy box designed to protect the coffin inside of it. The body is placed within the coffin, which is then placed inside the vault. Body, coffin, and vault are buried. A… … Wikipedia
Burial vault (tomb) — For a protective coffin enclosure, see Burial vault (enclosure) .A burial vault is a structural underground tomb.It is a stone or brick lined underground space or burial chamber for the interment of a dead body or bodies. They were originally and … Wikipedia
Burial liner — A Burial Liner, or Grave Liner is an enclosure that is placed over a coffin containing human remains, which is then buried in the ground. The casket serves as the inner enclosure of a deceased person; the liner serves as the outer enclosure.A… … Wikipedia
Burial — This article is about human burial practices. For other uses, see Burial (disambiguation). Inhume redirects here. for the band, see Inhume (band). Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea from an edition with drawings by… … Wikipedia
Vault — To vault means to jump over something.Vault may also refer to: * Vault (architecture),a half crescent usually formed over doorways * Vault (comics), a prison for super villains in the Marvel Comics universe * Vault (Fallout), underground nuclear… … Wikipedia
burial — Synonyms and related words: baptism, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial at sea, burial chamber, burial customs, burial mound, burying, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, clouding, concealedness, concealment,… … Moby Thesaurus
burial chamber — noun a chamber that is used as a grave • Syn: ↑sepulcher, ↑sepulchre, ↑sepulture • Derivationally related forms: ↑sepulchral (for: ↑sepulchre) • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
vault — Waihona, ke ena, Burial vault, waihona kupapa u. See fireproof, pole vault … English-Hawaiian dictionary
vault — vault1 [vôlt] n. [ME voute < OFr < VL * volvita, an arch, vault < * volvitus, pp. of * volvitare, intens. of L volvere, to turn around, roll: see WALK] 1. an arched roof, ceiling, or covering of masonry 2. an arched chamber or space, esp … English World dictionary
