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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Charnel

· Char·nel · IPA /[tʃɑːɹnəl]/
01 a. Containing the bodies of the dead.
  1. 1.
    Containing the bodies of the dead.
Phrases & compounds
Charnel house — a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.
02 n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
  1. 1.
    A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
    “In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ.” — Byron.