bonehouse
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old English bānhūs (“the body, the chest, breast”, literally “the bone-house”), equivalent to bone + house.
==== Noun ====
bonehouse (plural bonehouses)
(poetic) A body.
(poetic) A corpse.
=== Etymology 2 ===
From bone + house. Compare German Beinhaus (“ossuary”).
==== Noun ====
bonehouse (plural bonehouses)
A building for holding the remains of the dead.
===== Synonyms =====
ossuary