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charnel

DEFINITIONS OF: charnel

1

adj gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

“a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”
Synonyms:
ghastly, sepulchral
offensive
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

n a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

Synonyms:
charnel house
Type of:
burial vault, vault
a burial chamber (usually underground)
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