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BIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bier" is a kind of...):
rack; stand (a support for displaying various articles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bier"):
catafalque (a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A coffin along with its stand
Example:
we followed the bier to the graveyard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bier" is a kind of...):
casket; coffin (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)
