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Noun: burial vault  be-ree-ul volt
  1. A burial chamber (usually underground)
    "The family mausoleum contained several burial vaults";
    - vault

Derived forms: burial vaults

Type of: burial chamber, sepulcher [US], sepulchre [Brit, Cdn], sepulture [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Burial vault