Also means
wine cellar
Usage Note
Caveau has two main meanings: a small underground burial chamber (family vault in a cemetery) and, in everyday use, a wine cellar or cave bar. Un caveau de dégustation is a wine-tasting cellar. The plural is caveaux. It derives from cave (cellar/cave).
Examples
"La famille possède un caveau au cimetière."
Natural Translation
The family has a burial vault in the cemetery.

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