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单词 charnel
释义 char·nel
I. \ˈchärnəl, -ȧn-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin, neuter of carnalis fleshly — more at carnal
1. obsolete : cemetery
2.
 a. or charnel house : a building, chamber, or other area in which bodies or bones are deposited
 b. : a mortuary chapel
II. adjective
1. : constituting a charnel
2. : gruesomely indicative or suggestive of death : sepulchral, ghastly
 < a chest filled full of dead men's bones. A charnel smell came from them — Hope Muntz >
 < devices to which the charnel superstition of the monks has given rise — E.A.Poe >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French chernel, from Latin cardinalis of a hinge — more at cardinal
obsolete : a hinge especially of a helmet
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