🇬🇧🇪🇸 catacomb - catacumba : English Lesson

Meaning of "catacomb" ("catacumba"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A catacomb is an underground maze of tunnels and small rooms that people long ago dug under the ground to bury dead bodies. It’s like a spooky underground city made of rock, with narrow hallways and little rooms for coffins and skeletons. Today, people sometimes visit catacombs as historical sites to learn about how people in the past buried and honored their dead.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

During the ghost story, Jake proudly announced he’d live in a catacomb if it had good Wi‑Fi and snacks.

The tour guide in the catacomb said, “Stay together,” and my brother immediately tried to befriend the nearest skeleton.

Tim thought the basement was scary, until he read about a catacomb and decided his basement was actually pretty cozy.

When the lights went out in the museum, Lucy whispered, “If this turns into a catacomb tour, I’m out.”

Some real catacombs, like the ones under Paris, hold the bones of millions of people, basically making them huge underground bone libraries.

They found a catacomb beneath the chapel. In the catacomb a narrow tunnel showed rows of stone shelves holding bones and names, lamps lighting dust. She touched a cold skull while a friend set a small candle in the catacomb niche. The catacomb air was cold. When they left, the catacomb felt like a hush; they stepped back into sun.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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