charnel-house
1Charnel house — 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… …
2charnel house — ► NOUN historical ▪ a building or vault in which corpses or bones were piled. ORIGIN from Latin carnalis relating to flesh …
3Charnel house — For the publisher of the same name, see Charnel House Contents of a Greek Orthodox charnel house showing disarticulated human skeletal remains …
4charnel house — [[t]tʃɑ͟ː(r)n(ə)l haʊs[/t]] charnel houses N COUNT A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored …
5charnel house — char·nel house || tʃɑËnl vault or place where dead bodies and bones are stored; place wherein there is much physical distress and pain and loss of life (e.g., the bombarding turned the buildings into a charnel house ) …
6Charnel House (publisher) — For the building used to house skeletal remains, see Charnel house Charnel House Type Private Industry Publishing Genre Horror Founded Catskill, New York, U.S. (1989) …
7charnel house — char|nel house [ˈtʃa:nl haus US ˈtʃa:r ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; CARNAL] literary a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored …
8charnel-house — n. a house or vault in which dead bodies or bones are piled. Etymology: ME & OF charnel burying place f. med.L carnale f. LL carnalis CARNAL …
9charnel house — noun see charnel …
10charnel house — noun historical a building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled. Origin C16: from ME charnel burying place , from OFr., from med. L. carnale, from late L. carnalis relating to flesh , from caro, carn flesh …
