SARCOPHAGUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: sarcophagi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sarcophagus" is a kind of...):

casket; coffin (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)

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