charnel house

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noun

a house or place in which the bodies or bones of the dead are deposited.

Origin of charnel house

First recorded in 1550–60

Words nearby charnel house

charmonium, charm quark, charm school, charm the pants off, charnel, charnel house, Charnley, Charolais, Charon, charophyte, charoseth

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Example sentences from the Web for charnel house

The earthy moisture of the soil and undergrowth was as the odour of a charnel-house.
Haviland's Chum|Bertram Mitford
Neither must you ever show bones or guts, or any other charnel-house stuff.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)|John Ruskin
Then a tomb-maker whose talk is of the charnel-house, and who taunts her with her mortality.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867|Various
"My writing-chamber maun be like a charnel-house, then," said Lewie.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various

I was in the pit, the abyss, the human cesspool, the shambles and the charnel-house of our civilization.
Revolution and Other Essays|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for charnel house

charnel house

noun

(esp formerly) a building or vault where corpses or bones are deposited

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单词	charnel house
释义	charnel house SEE SYNONYMS FOR charnel house ON THESAURUS.COM noun a house or place in which the bodies or bones of the dead are deposited. Origin of charnel house First recorded in 1550–60 Words nearby charnel house charmonium, charm quark, charm school, charm the pants off, charnel, charnel house, Charnley, Charolais, Charon, charophyte, charoseth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for charnel house The earthy moisture of the soil and undergrowth was as the odour of a charnel-house. Haviland's Chum\|Bertram Mitford Neither must you ever show bones or guts, or any other charnel-house stuff. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)\|John Ruskin Then a tomb-maker whose talk is of the charnel-house, and who taunts her with her mortality. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867\|Various "My writing-chamber maun be like a charnel-house, then," said Lewie. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland\|Various I was in the pit, the abyss, the human cesspool, the shambles and the charnel-house of our civilization. Revolution and Other Essays\|Jack London British Dictionary definitions for charnel house charnel house noun (esp formerly) a building or vault where corpses or bones are deposited Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to charnel house morgue, ossuary, charnel, ossuarium
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charnel house

noun

Origin of charnel house

Words nearby charnel house

Example sentences from the Web for charnel house

British Dictionary definitions for charnel house

noun

Words related to charnel house