beenderhuis
Dutch
editEtymology
editCompound of beender (“bone”) + huis (“house”). Compare German Beinhaus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbeenderhuis n (plural beenderhuizen, diminutive beenderhuisje n)
- bonehouse (often at a graveyard), charnel house (building for the storage of exhumed bones)
- Synonym: knekelhuis