ALL meanings of catacomb
cat·a·comb
C c - countable noun catacomb Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried. 3
- noun catacomb an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs 3
- noun catacomb a series of interconnected underground tunnels or caves 3
- noun catacomb any of a series of vaults or galleries in an underground burial place 3
- noun catacomb An underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans. 1
- noun catacomb Usually, catacombs. an underground cemetery, especially one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs. 1
- noun catacomb the Catacombs, the subterranean burial chambers of the early Christians in and near Rome, Italy. 1
- noun catacomb an underground passageway, especially one full of twists and turns. 1
- noun catacomb underground tombs 1
- noun catacomb (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a subterranean tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome. 0