charnel
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: ghastly, sepulchral |
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(noun) a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
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Synonyms: charnel house |
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Related Words: burial vault, vault |
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