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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

charnel house en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored.
    • It's words cast long - long shadows From the doorway of the Charnel House The ghosts of the Charnel House They were born to deathless guilt The ghosts of the Charnel House They were born to shameful night 2014, “Ghosts of the Charnel House”, performed by Primordial:

Forms

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charnel-house alternative lexicographic
charnel houses Number=Plur lexicographic
charnelhouse alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

morgue · deadhouse · mortuary

Hypernyms

vault

Synonyms

crypt · ossuary

Translations (8)

ro osuar (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · de Beinhaus (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · la ossuārium (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · es osario (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · de Karner (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · pl karner (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · de Ossuarium (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored) · mk косту́рница (vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored)