VDict - Definition of charnel

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charnel

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Adjective

gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
- a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
- ghastly shrieks
- the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs

Noun

a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

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Synonyms:
ghastly sepulchral charnel house

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "charnel":
caramel carinal carnal charnel corneal cornel cornell crenel
Words contain "charnel":
charnel charnel house
Words contain "charnel" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
charnel sepulchral ghastly

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