Synonyms for "ossuary" (50 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

barrowbeehive tombbone housebone potbonehousebox graveburialburial chamberburial mound

Noun(1 words)

bonehouse

Strong matches (15)

catacombscenotaphcharnel housecinerary urncistcist gravecromlechcryptdeep sixdokhmadolmenfuneral urngravehouse of death

Noun(1 words)

charnel house

Related words (25)

last homelong homelow green tentlow housemastabamausoleummonstrancemummy chambernarrow houseossuariumpassage gravepitpyramidreliquaryresting placesepulchershaft graveshrinestupatomb

Show 5 more words

topetower of silencetumulusurnvault

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

1 entries

receptacle

coordinate

3 entries

cinerariumdeadhousemortuary

is a

1 entries

receptacle

related to

7 entries

bonebuildingcontainerdeadreceptacleurnvault

Translations

62 translations across 39 languages.

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Armenian

2 entries

• ոսկրանոց noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ոսկրատուն noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Basque

1 entries

• hezurtegi noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Belarusian

1 entries

• асуа́рый noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• костница noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Catalan

2 entries

• ossari noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ossera noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

• 藏骨堂 noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 藏古堂 noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• 骨穴 noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• 骨罐 noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

• omicalli noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Czech

1 entries

• kostnice noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Dutch

2 entries

• knekelhuis noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ossuarium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Esperanto

1 entries

• ostejo noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Finnish

2 entries

• luuhuone noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ossuaari noun (a place where the dead are buried)

French

1 entries

• ossuaire noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Friulian

1 entries

• ossari noun (a place where the dead are buried)

German

3 entries

• Beinhaus noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• Karner noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• Ossarium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Greek

1 entries

• οστεοφυλάκιο noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Hungarian

1 entries

• osszuárium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Icelandic

3 entries

• beinabúr noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• beinahús noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• beinaklefi noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Indonesian

1 entries

• osuari noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Italian

1 entries

• ossario noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Japanese

2 entries

• 納骨堂 noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• 骨壷 noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Kapampangan

3 entries

• balebutul noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• osuariu noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• oswaryu noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Korean

3 entries

• 골당 noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• 납골당 noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• 봉안당 noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Latin

1 entries

• ossuārium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Macedonian

1 entries

• косту́рница noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Manx

1 entries

• shamyr chraueyn noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Māori

1 entries

• toma noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Norwegian

1 entries

• ossuarium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Old Armenian

1 entries

• արկղ noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Polish

2 entries

• ossarium noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ossuarium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Portuguese

2 entries

• ossuário noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ossário noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Romanian

1 entries

• osuar noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Russian

2 entries

• ко́стница noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• оссуа́рий noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• kòstūrnica noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ко̀стӯрница noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Slovak

2 entries

• karner noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• kostnica noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Slovene

1 entries

• kostnica noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Spanish

1 entries

• osario noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Swedish

3 entries

• benhus noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• benurna noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• ossuarium noun (a place where the dead are buried)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• кістни́ця noun (a place where the dead are buried)
• осуа́рій noun (a place where the dead are buried)

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