Thesaurus results for BODY BAG

body bag

noun

Definition of body bag

as in coffin

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Recent Examples of body bag Health workers are confronting severe shortages of basic supplies, like medicine, masks, gloves, face shields, medicine, testing kits, body bags, running water and soap. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Images of a pickup truck bed stacked with full body bags haunt one nurse. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 These items included an inflatable pool, two chainsaws, and a body bag. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026 The Rimowa collection also features a cross-body bag in orange made in Italy from calf leather, a shopping bag, a trifold toiletry pouch and packing cubes. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for body bag

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Noun

After the church service, the crowd climbed up a steep hill and followed the hearses transporting the coffins to a nearby cemetery.

— Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Since Harald's death Friday morning, tens of thousands of Norwegians have expressed their grief by laying flowers, writing cards and lighting candles in front of the royal palace in Oslo, where the coffin arrived late Friday from the hospital.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of coffin

Noun

The same circle of dealers also sold artworks to the Metropolitan Museum, where the New York District Attorney’s Office seized five antiquities valued collectively at more than $3 million in 2022; those included a gold sarcophagus.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Inside, a replica King Tut sarcophagus stood against a cinderblock wall, looking out at a table and some chairs.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of sarcophagus

Noun

Her casket sat at the front of the church, draped with an American flag.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, watchful busts, haunted armor and stretching room portraits.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of casket

Noun

Each lockable box has a hydraulic system engineered for smooth daily operation and a roomy interior that provides ample storage for your patio cushions, gardening gear, toys, or outdoor entertaining essentials.

— Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit further alleged that Trader Joe’s put its crustless PB&Js peanut in packaging that too closely resembled the coloring of an Uncrustables box and featured a similar photograph of a sandwich with a bite taken out of one side.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of box

Noun

In fact, 58 people were present when King Tut’s tomb was opened, and only eight died within 12 years.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
All three will face a slew of charges, including injuring or removing a tomb or monument, disturbing the contents of a grave or tomb and grand theft, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

— Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tomb

Noun

Renovate a radiation-oncology vault, modernize the emergency department, build a cardiology clinic, add telehealth at two rural clinics, and deploy mobile mammography.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
When stored in the cloud, a user’s videos will be kept in what Ring says is effectively a secure digital vault to which only the user has the key.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of vault

Noun

The coffin was unveiled late on Thursday to a throng of sobbing supporters, who were swaying and beating their heads in time to a sung lament as flowers were thrown from the bier into the crowd.

— Reuters, USA Today, 4 July 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim Yong Nam on Tuesday to express condolences, and the funeral is scheduled for Thursday.

— Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

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