Charnel - Definition

charnel

adj 1: 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: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
n 1: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
[syn: charnel house, charnel]

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