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We have become the charnel house of the Western World.
William Kunstler

Meaning of "charnel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHARNEL

From Old French: burial place, from Latin carnālis fleshly, carnal.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHARNEL

charnel  [ˈtʃɑːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHARNEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Charnel can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHARNEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

charnel

Charnel house

A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a place filled with death and destruction.

Definition of charnel in the English dictionary

The definition of charnel in the dictionary is ghastly; sepulchral; deathly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHARNEL


adrenal
əˈdriːnəl
carnal
ˈkɑːnəl
colonel
ˈkɜːnəl
darnel
ˈdɑːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
fraternal
frəˈtɜːnəl
infernal
ɪnˈfɜːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
kernel
ˈkɜːnəl
maternal
məˈtɜːnəl
nocturnal
nɒkˈtɜːnəl
Parnell
ˈpɑːnəl
paternal
pəˈtɜːnəl
penal
ˈpiːnəl
renal
ˈriːnəl
tarnal
ˈtɑːnəl
tribunal
traɪˈbjuːnəl
uncharnel
ʌnˈtʃɑːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHARNEL

charmful
Charminar
charming
charmingly
charmless
charmlessly
charmonia
charmonium
charneco
charnel house
Charnley
Charolais
Charon
charoset
charpai
Charpentier
charpie
charpoy
charqui

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHARNEL

Chanel
channel
control panel
coronel
dwarf cornel
enkernel
girnel
light at the end of the tunnel
on the panel
panel
personnel
pimpernel
pine kernel
ritornel
scarlet pimpernel
sentinel
the Channel
tunnel
water pimpernel
yellow pimpernel

Synonyms and antonyms of charnel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «charnel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHARNEL

Find out the translation of charnel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of charnel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «charnel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

藏尸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

osario
570 millions of speakers

English

charnel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेहराबदार छत से युक्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

charnel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

склеп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortuária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত ব্যক্তিদের অস্থি রাখার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charnier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Charnel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

納骨堂
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

납골당
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

charnel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரண
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेनेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mezarlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ossario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kostnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

склеп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

charnel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οστεοφυλάκιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soortgelyk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

charnel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

charnel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of charnel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARNEL»

The term «charnel» is regularly used and occupies the 79.210 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARNEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «charnel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «charnel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about charnel

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QUOTES WITH «CHARNEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word charnel.
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William Kunstler
We have become the charnel house of the Western World.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHARNEL»

Discover the use of charnel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to charnel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Charnel Prince
In a second installment of the series that began with The Briar King, the queen of Crotheny finds her kingdom's defense against bloodthirsty forest-dwelling creatures thwarted by a conspiracy within the church, a situation that is ...
J. Gregory Keyes, 2005
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The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and ...
A highly illustrated exploration of approximately seventy elaborately decorated charnels, tombs, and chapels around the world where large numbers of human bones have been assembled and displayed.
Paul Koudounaris, 2011
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The Charnel Imp: A Novel
Tells the story of a remote prairie town and its bizarre inhabitants, including Moertle, who drives steers to the slaughterhouse, a doctor obsessed with death, and Dinah, a burlesque star
Alan Singer, 1987
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The charnel house
"Painfully truthful...wise prose.
Eamonn McGrath, 1990
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The Charnal Rose, Senlin: a Biography: And Other Poems
The Charnel Rose is called a symphony, and in some ways the analogy to a musical symphony is close. Symbols recur throughout like themes, sometimes unchanged, sometimes modified, but always referring to a definite idea. The attempt ...
Conrad Aiken, 1918
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Charnel House
When Seymour Willis told people his house was breathing, they thought he was crazy--until they heard it for themselves.
Graham Masterton, 1988
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The Charnel God
Phariom claimed Elaith was not dead, but the priests of Mordiggian claimed her for their god.
Clark Ashton Smith, 2012
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The Charnel Rose Senlin
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Conrad Aiken, 2009
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Charnel Knowledge
Blossom Bravo is the fading star of axed soap opera Pensioner.
Fiesta Carrera, 2005
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Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times
After this, the Master went to no villages, but engaged in meditation practice, traveling from charnel ground to charnel ground in other regions. The charnel- ground demons and cannibal spirits aided him; in the space of a week, the king's  ...
Ngawang Zangpo, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHARNEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term charnel is used in the context of the following news items.
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22 years on, Doom retains the ability to shock
... Massacre which are like spending the night in a charnel house. They do touch some awful nerve. And the more forbidden, the more alluring.". «Eurogamer.net, Jul 15»
2
Burning Children and the Duty to Resist
... for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. «American Muslim, Jul 15»
3
Cruciamentum Unveil Debut Album, Share New Track
The exhumed outfit continue their journey with Charnel Passages, which arrives on CD and digitally September 4 through Profound Lore. «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
4
'Sick at Heart': The Lonely Radicalism of the Catonsville Nine
... for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
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O'Doherty... Migrants in the Med: why devil is in the detail
... tight-lipped about their role in creating ISIS and causing the humanitarian disaster that is rapidly becoming an apocalyptic charnel house. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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No flowers, please
It is the stench of civic corruption and corrosive incompetence that has converted Karachi into a commercial charnel house. There was a taste of ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»
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Book Review: The Battle of Messines Road is an interesting hybrid …
He finds comfort in a friendship with the old man who himself finds catharsis in reliving his experiences in the charnel house of Flanders. «The National, Jul 15»
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Former Zod, Callum Blue, Leads New Supernatural Thriller
Director Craig Moss has started production on his the feature film The Charnel House. The supernatural thriller stars Callum Blue (Smallville), ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
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Callum Blue, Nadine Velazquez Starring in Drama 'The Charnel
The cast also includes Makenzie Moss (“Steve Jobs”) and Erik LaRay Harvey (“Boardwalk Empire”). Producers are Sandra Siegal through her ... «Variety, Jun 15»
10
Casting Net: Julia Roberts signs on for Mother's Day
[Deadline]; Callum Blue and Nadine Velazquez are set to star in The Charnel House alongside Mackenzie Moss and Erik LaRay Harvey. «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»

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