[chahr-nl] 
| 1. | a repository for dead bodies. |
| 2. | of, like, or fit for a charnel; deathlike; sepulchral. |
| char·nel (chär'nəl) n. A repository for the bones or bodies of the dead; a charnel house. adj. Resembling, suggesting, or suitable for receiving the dead. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin carnāle, from neuter of Latin carnālis, of the flesh, from carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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