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Charnel Definition & Meaning

charnel
adjective
  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"
noun
  1. a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

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What does charnel mean?
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" a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
What part of speech is charnel?
Charnel is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does charnel have?
Charnel has 2 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

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