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charnel

/ˈtʃɑːr.nəl/

Tradução: Adjetivo arcaico relativo a local de sepultamento, especialmente a cripta ou ossuário; ligado à morte e à decomposição., Substantivo que designa um local, edifício ou depósito onde se guardam cadáveres ou ossos humanos, especialmente ossos secos ou restos mortais.

2 verbetes

adjective

/ˈtʃɑːr.nəl/C2formalobsoleto
  • ptAdjetivo arcaico relativo a local de sepultamento, especialmente a cripta ou ossuário; ligado à morte e à decomposição.

An archaic adjective relating to a burial place, especially a charnel house; associated with death and decay.

  1. Gruesomely indicative of death or the deadC2formal

    Relating to or resembling a place where dead bodies are kept; grimly associated with death.

    ptMórbido, ligado à morte

    • The old crypt had a charnel atmosphere that made visitors shudder.
    • The battlefield presented a charnel scene of destruction.
    • His charnel descriptions of the accident haunted the listeners.

    Sinônimoscadaverousdeathlyghastlygrislygruesomemacabremorbidsepulchral

    Antônimoscheerfullivelyvivacious

Formas
  • more charnel comparative form
  • most charnel superlative form

noun

/ˈtʃɑː.nəl/C2formal
  • ptSubstantivo que designa um local, edifício ou depósito onde se guardam cadáveres ou ossos humanos, especialmente ossos secos ou restos mortais.

A noun referring to a vault, building, or repository where corpses or bones are deposited.

  1. Repository for human remainsC2formal

    A building, vault, or chamber where dead bodies or bones are stored, often associated with mass graves or historical burial sites.

    ptOssário

    • The medieval church had a charnel beneath its floor.
    • Excavators discovered a charnel containing hundreds of skeletons.
    • The charnel was sealed off after the plague outbreak.

    Sinônimoscharnel houseossuary

Formas
  • charnels plural form
  • charnels' possessive plural form
  • charnel's possessive singular form