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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Zoroastrianism) Synonym of tower of silence (“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”)..
Use dakhma when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dakhma means (Zoroastrianism) Synonym of tower of silence (“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”)..
Common synonyms include tower of silence.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use dakhma where its definition matches the intended context.
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