From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcharnel housechar‧nel house /ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ noun [countable] literaryMX a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored
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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 