bier

as in coffin
a boxlike container for holding a dead body lifted the bier from its stand and placed it in the hearse for its final journey

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Recent Examples of bier The Senate may well have all been murdered on Lucilla’s weird, theater-y funeral bier. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024 Among the changes, the new rites eliminate the practice of placing the pope on an elevated bier in St. Peter's Basilica for public viewing. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 The Crockett Chamber of Commerce Oktoberfest will feature live polka music, axe throwing, a classic car show and a yodeling contest, plus German bier, brezen and wurstle. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024 Kim Jong-un visited the bier of Mr. Kim early Wednesday to pay tribute. Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 May 2024 Kim Ki-nam was one of the seven top Workers’ Party officials and People’s Army generals who joined Kim Jong-un to escort the bier of Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011. Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 May 2024 In it, Gracchus arrives at a port borne on a bier. Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021 On Sunday, Benedict’s body lay on a burgundy-colored bier in the chapel of the monastery. Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023 The funeral director led me into the empty chapel: the coffin was on a bier near a door, where, on the other side, the hearse was parked and waiting. David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • But that distinction doesn't really matter anymore, due to the sneakiest bait-and switch that put the final nail in America's cannabis coffin.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of combat engineer squad commander Staff Sgt.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Biodegradable caskets and natural burial grounds are gaining traction.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Four pallbearers brought the casket inside the church, as attendees looked on.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Vivid scenes of Ancient Egyptian life A tomb more than 4,300 years old revealed a window into the era’s daily life when archaeologists found a series of colorful paintings inside.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The surviving sailors could do little as the Oklahoma sank, turning it into a tomb.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Bier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bier. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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