charnel

English - Turkish

Definition of charnel in English Turkish dictionary

{i} kabristan

morg

{i} mezarlık

Related Terms

charnel house

cesetlerin toplandığı mahzen

charnel house

ölü kemiklerinin koyulduğu yer

charnel house

cesetlerin koyulduğu yer

English - English

Definition of charnel in English English dictionary

Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral

Here Faith died, poisoned by this charnel air.

A chapel attached to a mortuary

A repository for dead bodies

Containing the bodies of the dead

{i} place where dead bodies are stored

A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery

{s} of a charnel; deathly

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 vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

Related Terms

charnel house

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

charnel houses

plural form of charnel house

charnel house

a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

charnel house

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)

charnel house

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")

Hyphenation

char·nel

Etymology

[ '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.