charnels

variants also charnel houses
plural of charnel

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Found throughout Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa, dolmens are prehistoric megalithic stone structures, usually built as tombs or burial sites.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of houses or shops, this was lined with the tombs of Termessos’ rich and mighty.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Banks have sensible security to protect their vaults.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There’s plenty of those inside IBV’s vaults around the world, as well as obvious high-value items such as artworks and handbags from the likes of Hermès and Chanel, according to Hoey.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The waterless Wadi Hammamat between the Nile and the Red Sea was quarried for the siltstone formed from ancient river sediment that had hardened over millions of years to provide a limitless supply of stone coffins (sarcophagi).
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The 1918 flu epidemic that swept the globe exhausted hospital facilities and, reportedly, the base ran out of coffins due to so many deaths.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Charnels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charnels. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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