Usually means: Underground chamber for burial purposes.
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  1. hypogeum: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypogeum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypogeum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypogeum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypogeum: Wordnik
  6. hypogeum: Wiktionary
  7. hypogeum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hypogeum: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Hypogeum, hypogeum: Dictionary.com
  10. Hypogeum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Hypogeum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. hypogeum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Hypogeum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. hypogeum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. hypogeum: FreeDictionary.org
  16. hypogeum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. hypogeum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

(Note: See hypogea as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypogeum)

▸ noun:  An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).

Similar:
undercroft, underroom, grotto, glyptotheca, earthhouse, dungeon, vault, earthhole, cellar, lodge, more...

Types:
burial chamber, sepulchre, catacomb, crypt, mausoleum, more...

Phrases:
Royal Hypogeum of Qatna, more...

Adjectives:
small, old, christian, same, royal, early, greek

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Similar:
undercroft, underroom, grotto, glyptotheca, earthhouse, dungeon, vault, earthhole, cellar, lodge, more...

Types:
burial chamber, sepulchre, catacomb, crypt, mausoleum, more...

Phrases:
Royal Hypogeum of Qatna, more...

Adjectives:
small, old, christian, same, royal, early, greek



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