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sepulchre

/ˈseplkə(r)/noun

उच्चारण सेप्ल्कर

क़ब्र, समाधि, मक़बरा

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] literary

    a place for a dead body, either cut in rock or built of stone

    क़ब्र, समाधि, मक़बरा

    • an ancient sepulchre

    Synonyms tomb grave vault mausoleum crypt

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sep·ul·chre

(British) or sep-ul-cher (American), with ch pronounced /k/.

(British) या sep-ul-cher (American), ch की ध्वनि /k/।

?Which word?

Keep the burial-place words together: sepulchre, tomb, grave, mausoleum (a large tomb building: 'the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum'), crypt (an underground room in a church), catacomb (an underground cemetery).

दफ़न स्थान के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sepulchre, tomb, grave, mausoleum (बड़ा मक़बरा भवन: 'the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum'), crypt (चर्च का भूमिगत कमरा), catacomb (भूमिगत क़ब्रिस्तान)।

§Grammar and usage

The adjective sepulchral means sad and serious, like a tomb ('a sepulchral voice').

Adjective sepulchral का अर्थ क़ब्र जैसा उदास और गंभीर है ('a sepulchral voice')।