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krocht.

underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/krɔxt/
  1. underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location

    feminine
  2. bad, substandard housing; a shanty

    feminine
  3. underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch crocht, croft, from Old Dutch *krucht, *kruft (possibly attested in the placename Crochtem), from Proto-West Germanic *krufti, an early borrowing from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Cognate with Middle Low German kruft, German Gruft, Old English cruft. Doublet of crypte, grot, and gruft.

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