Usually means: Storage site for dead bodies.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word charnel:

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  1. charnel: Merriam-Webster
  2. charnel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. charnel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. charnel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. charnel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Charnel, charnel: Wordnik
  7. charnel (house): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. charnel: Wiktionary
  9. charnel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. charnel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. charnel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Charnel, charnel: Dictionary.com
  13. charnel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Charnel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Charnel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. charnel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. charnel: Rhymezone
  18. Charnel, charnel(le): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. charnel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. charnel: FreeDictionary.org
  21. charnel: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. charnel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. charnel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. charnel: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. charnel: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See charnels as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (charnel)

noun:  A chapel attached to a mortuary.
noun:  A repository for dead bodies.
adjective:  Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.
noun:  (historical) Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate.

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