Charnel /(?)/

Char·nel

Charnel

a.
  1. Containing the bodies of the dead.

Phrases & Compounds

Charnel house
a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

Charnel

n.
  1. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
    In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ.