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bonehouse.

A body.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A body.

    poetic
  2. A corpse.

    poetic
Where this word comes from

From Old English bānhūs (“the body, the chest, breast”, literally “the bone-house”), equivalent to bone + house.

noun
  1. A building for holding the remains of the dead.

Where this word comes from

From bone + house. Compare German Beinhaus (“ossuary”).

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