columbarium

noun

1. a birdhouse for pigeons

Similar word(s): columbary, dovecote

Definition categories: man–made, birdhouse

2. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead

Similar word(s): cinerarium

Definition categories: man–made, niche, recess

3. a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns

Definition categories: man–made, vault