Thesaurus: charnel

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1. a. Containing the bodies of the dead.
2. n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
3. adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
4. n. a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
5. Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." Milton. Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ. Byron.
6. Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." Milton.Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where thebones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bonesthrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.
7. j:100 s. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead