charnel house

/ˌtʃɑrnl haʊz/
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Other forms: charnel houses

Definitions of charnel house
  1. noun
    a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
    synonyms: charnel
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    type of:
    burial vault, vault
    a burial chamber (usually underground)
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