What does a charnel-house means?

Question

could you please give me a definition word of this?
Thanks a lot every1

Answer 1

charnel house 

a house or place in which the bodies or bones of the dead are deposited.


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[Origin: 1550–60]
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Answer 2

It's a place where bodies are placed (after death, obviously). The way I remember being told, if you were too poor to afford a burial plot in medieval times, your mortal remains were placed in a charnel house. When the flesh was rotted away, the bones of several bodies were placed in one grave. Once cremation became more available, the practice of using charnel houses dropped out of practice.
Many years ago, I was working as an excavator on an archaeological dig, and we ended up digging up a medieval charnel house, which is how I know this.

Hope that helps!

Answer 3

Charnel House Definition

Answer 4

a house or place in which the bodies or bones of the dead are deposited.
[Origin: 1550–60]

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charnel house
n.

1. A building, room, or vault in which the bones or bodies of the dead are placed; a charnel.
2. A scene or place of great physical suffering and loss of life: The bombing turned the barracks into a charnel house.

Answer 5

char·nel house (plural char·nel hous·es)


noun

Definition:

tomb or tomblike building: a building or vault in which bones or dead bodies are placed

Answer 6

A structure used to keep bones n stuff....