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1. (adj.) charnel
of, like, or fit for a charnel house.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < MF < LL neut. of carnāliscarnal)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) charnel house, charnel
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
2. (adj) charnel, ghastly, sepulchral
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) charnel
containing the bodies of the dead
2. (noun) charnel
a charnel house; a grave; a cemetery
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