3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Charnel \Char"nel\, a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See {Carnal}.] Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." --Milton. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Charnel \Char"nel\, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. [1913 Webster] In their proud charnel of Thermopyl[ae]. --Byron. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: charnel adj : 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" [syn: {ghastly}, {sepulchral}] n : a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited [syn: {charnel house}]
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