charnel house

Word family nouncharnelcharnel house

Related topics: Death

char·nel house /ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

literaryMX a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored 存骸所；尸骨堂；停尸间

Examples from the Corpus

charnel house• Out of the gloom emerge the later paintings, charnel house visions of desolation.• In the charnel house the hospital had become, Minnie died too.• Athelstan caught a glimpse of the two lepers, shrouded in their hoods near the charnel house.

Origin charnel house

(1500-1600) French charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; → CARNAL

单词	charnel house
释义	charnel house Word family nouncharnelcharnel house Related topics: Death char·nel house /ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ noun [countableC] literaryMX a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored 存骸所；尸骨堂；停尸间 Examples from the Corpus charnel house• Out of the gloom emerge the later paintings, charnel house visions of desolation.• In the charnel house the hospital had become, Minnie died too.• Athelstan caught a glimpse of the two lepers, shrouded in their hoods near the charnel house. Origin charnel house (1500-1600) French charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; → CARNAL
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