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charnel
adjective
noun
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- HARNE
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
“a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”
noun
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
In context
Example Sentences
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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