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Meanings of charnel house in English

A place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

Usage of charnel house in English
1
Meridor was a part of the system that ran that charnel house.
Long time coming: a novel
2
What they watch is a farce played out in a charnel house.
The new yorker
3
Yet that fragrant balm cannot stifle the smell of the charnel house.
The Day of Wrath
4
It was a charnel house, half filled with dry skulls and bones.
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
5
A mound on the right near the charnel house still looked quite fresh.
The hangman's daughter
6
The Lord's charnel house smithy was nothing more than reasonable caution these days.
Forge of Darkness
7
Next to the charnel house there is a large factory manufacturing Galilean curios.
Julian
8
But there was nothing to indicate this was the charnel house.
The cold room
9
But at least the Galileans have not turned it into a charnel house.
Julian
10
In front of the charnel house stood Bishop Meletius and his fellow priests.
Julian
11
Out of the main hatch, from that charnel house, rose one continuous cry.
Richard Carvel — Volume 08
12
Glumly, my uncle bowed, and crossed to the charnel house across the square.
Julian
13
He'd met her once, in the days before her kingdom became a charnel house.
Crown of Midnight
14
Moroko had been a charnel house with bodies strewn wherever they fell, cities emptied.
Mentats of Dune
15
The sight that greeted the men was a charnel house.
The diary of mattie spenser
16
Besides, he had no desire to be the emperor of a galaxywide charnel house.
Paul of dune
This collocation consists of:
Charnel house through the time
Charnel house across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common