Associations to the word «Catacomb»

Wiktionary

CATACOMB, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

CATACOMB, noun. An underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus