{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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
charnel house — ► NOUN historical ▪ a building or vault in which corpses or bones were piled. ORIGIN from Latin carnalis relating to flesh … English terms dictionary
Charnel house — For the publisher of the same name, see Charnel House Contents of a Greek Orthodox charnel house showing disarticulated human skeletal remains … Wikipedia
charnel 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 … English dictionary
charnel 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 ) … English contemporary dictionary
Charnel 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) … Wikipedia
charnel 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
charnel-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 … Useful english dictionary
charnel house — noun see charnel … New Collegiate Dictionary
charnel 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 … English new terms dictionary
charnel-house — See charnel … Ballentine's law dictionary
