loculus

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
2. noun In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
3. noun One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
4. noun One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary.

Similar words

cell cubicle locutory locus roomlet latibulum lodgment cubbyhole chamberlet room

Often followed by

of is in with was or and containing to

Word family

loculi