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 on the Web 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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“Bier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bier. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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