also: はかあな
grave; burial pit
Refers to the physical hole dug for a burial. Often used in the idiom 墓穴を掘る (to dig one's own grave).
I said something that was like digging my own grave.
The body was buried in a deep grave.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ぼけつ is the most common.
Rare reading; ぼけつ is overwhelmingly more common.
Compound of 墓 (grave) and 穴 (hole). The reading ぼけつ is the on'yomi reading of both characters.