charnel

[US]/'tʃɑːn(ə)l/
[UK]/'tʃɑrnl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. morguelign; uhyggelig; skræmmende
n. et sted hvor knogler opbevares; et liggende rum; et gravsted.
Word Forms
Pluralcharnels

Phrases & Collocations

charnel house

ligsdom

charnel ground

ligsdom

Example Sentences

I gagged on the charnel stench of the place.

Jeg kvælede i den forfærdelige lugt fra stedet.

Europe in the immediate post-war period had become a charnel house.

Europa i perioden umiddelbart efter krigen var blevet et ligfelt.

The bombing turned the barracks into a charnel house.

Bombningen forvandlede barakkerne til et liggende sted.

Vowed Charnel, who traveled everyplace With her slippered foot in a velvet case.

Vovede Charnel, der rejste overalt med sin filtede fod i et fløjlsetui.

charnel house of war

ligfelt for krig

charnel ground of history

ligfelt for historien

the charnel house of memory

ligfeltet for hukommelsen

charnel house of the mind

ligfeltet for sindet

Real-world Examples

This wasn't a hospital. This was a charnel house.

Dette var ikke et hospital. Dette var et liggendehus.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Within the bosom of the encircling hills, an impenetrable darkness had already settled; and the plain lay like a vast and deserted charnel-house, without omen or whisper to disturb the slumbers of its numerous and hapless tenants.

Inden for det omsluttende hjertes af de omkringliggende bakker havde et uigennemtrængeligt mørke allerede sænket sig; og sletten lå som et stort og forladt liggendehus, uden varsel eller hvisken til at forstyrre søvnen hos dets mange og ulykkelige beboere.

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

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