- 1. a. Containing the bodies of the dead. Source: opted
- 2. n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. Source: opted
- 3. adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 s. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead Source: ecdict
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