cat‧a‧comb /ˈkætəkuːm $ -koʊm/
noun [countable usually plural][
Date: 900-1000;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: Catacumbas underground place in Rome where the bodies of St Peter and St Paul were said to be buried]
an area underground where dead people are buried
Synonym : tomb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲