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noun
1.
a repository for dead bodies.
adjective
2.
of, like, or fit for a charnel; deathlike; sepulchral.
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Charnel
is always a great word to know.
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| charnel (ˈtʃɑːnəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | short for charnel house |
| —adj | |
| 2. | ghastly; sepulchral; deathly |
| [C14: from Old French: burial place, from Latin carnālis fleshly, | |
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Word Origin & History
charnel
late 14c., from L.L. carnale "graveyard," neut. of L.L. carnalis (see carnal). Glossed in O.E. as flæschus "flesh-house." Charnel house is attested from 1550s.
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