bier

bier

noun

Definition of BIER

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

Synonyms bier, box, casket, pall, sarcophagus

Related Words charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault; urn; body bag