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crypt

/krɪpt/

Translations

cryptnoun

crypts

/krɪpt/

склеп

The ancient crypt was discovered beneath the old church.

Древний склеп был обнаружен под старой церковью.

крипта

The family crypt was located in the cemetery.

Семейная крипта находилась на кладбище.

Additional translations

Synonyms

burial chamber

cryptverb

crypted

Past Simple

crypted

Past Participle

crypting

Gerund

/krɪpt/

Rare but attested in computing (“to encrypt or hash using the Unix crypt function”) and occasionally in the literal sense “to entomb in a crypt”.

Synonyms

cryptadjective

Attributive use: “crypt chapel”, “crypt space”; functions like an adjective meaning “relating to a crypt”.

Definitions

cryptnoun

An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.

The ancient crypt beneath the cathedral was filled with the tombs of past bishops.

A small tubular gland or cavity in the body, such as a crypt of Lieberkühn in the intestines.

The doctor explained that the crypts in the intestines play a crucial role in digestion.

Computing: a Unix password-hashing or encryption function, or the string produced by it.

System administrators can compare the user’s crypt against the entered password.

cryptverb

To encrypt or hash data using the Unix ‘crypt’ function or similar routine.

The script crypts each file before uploading it.

To place (a corpse) in a crypt; to entomb.

The family crypted their ancestors beneath the old chapel.

cryptadjective

Relating to or situated in a crypt.

The crypt stairs are narrow and worn.