 charnel |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited | |
| Synonyms: | charnel_house | |
| Related terms: | vault | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | |
| Synonyms: | sepulchral ghastly | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | offensive | |
| Similar spelling: |
Carnell Carneal chronology carnelian |
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