charnel house

See also: charnelhouse

English

Noun

charnel house (plural charnel houses)

A vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored.
Synonyms: crypt, ossuary

Hypernym: vault

Hyponym: mausoleum

Coordinate terms: deadhouse, morgue, mortuary
- 2014, “Ghosts of the Charnel House”, performed by Primordial:
  It's words cast long - long shadows
  From the doorway of the Charnel House
  The ghosts of the Charnel House
  They were born to deathless guilt
  The ghosts of the Charnel House
  They were born to shameful night

Alternative forms

charnel-house

Translations

vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored

German: Beinhaus (de) n, Karner (de) m, Ossuarium (de) n
Latin: ossuārium n
Macedonian: косту́рница f (kostúrnica)
Polish: karner (pl) m
Romanian: osuar (ro) n
Spanish: osario (es) m

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