OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 51261

tower of silence

/ˌtaʊɚ‿əv ˈsaɪl(ə)ns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
torre del silencio
A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary.
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