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COLUMBARIUM

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Irregular inflected form: columbaria  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urnsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("columbarium" is a kind of...):

burial vault; vault (a burial chamber (usually underground))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated deadplay

Synonyms:

cinerarium; columbarium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("columbarium" is a kind of...):

niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A birdhouse for pigeonsplay

Synonyms:

columbarium; columbary; dovecote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("columbarium" is a kind of...):

birdhouse (a shelter for birds)

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