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 charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored. a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored (charnel, from carnale, from carnalis; CARNAL)
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")
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[ 'chär-n&l ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin, neuter of carnalis of the flesh; more at CARNAL.