charnel
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of charnel
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin carnāle, noun and adjective use of neuter of carnālis carnal
Vocabulary lists containing charnel
"The Pit and the Pendulum," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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Body Language: Carn ("Flesh")
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Example Sentences
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Scaled up to a necropolis, it could make the right impression, a modernist Hooverville of death in the shadow of our great national charnel house of inaction.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2021
The consignment of Vietnamese civilian war wounded to provincial hospitals that were little better than charnel houses has been a national scandal for the United States.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
As Times critic Kenneth Turan put in his original review, the film is “both audacious and astonishing, a vision of a charnel house apocalypse that comes close to defying description.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
Never saw a charnel house myself," said the old lady, "even with the lid on.
From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
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