charnel house (redirected from charnel houses)

charnel house

n.

1. A building, room, or vault in which the bones or bodies of the dead are placed; a charnel.

2. A scene or place of great physical suffering and loss of life: The bombing turned the barracks into a charnel house.

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charnel house

Noun

(formerly) a building or vault for the bones of the dead [Latin carnalis fleshly]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

charnel house - a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited charnel burial vault, vault - a burial chamber (usually underground)