catacomb
/ˈkætəˌkoʊm/
noun
- An underground tunnel or chamber used for burying the dead, especially in ancient times.
- Tourists visited the ancient catacombs beneath the city of Rome.
- Archaeologists discovered a new network of catacombs under the old church.
- The catacombs contain thousands of tombs carved into the rock.
- A system of underground tunnels or rooms, often dark and confusing.
- The city's subway system is like a catacomb of interconnected stations.
- The old mine had become a catacomb of abandoned shafts and tunnels.
- They got lost in the catacomb of hallways beneath the university.