body bag

noun

Definition of body bagnext
as in coffin

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Recent Examples of body bag Over the days following her death, Burke ordered a shovel, three chainsaws, a body bag, and blue inflatable pool. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026 Those missing arms and legs were quickly discovered, braided together in a garbage bag laying underneath the body bag. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026 Prosecutors allege Burke later bought a shovel, chainsaws, a body bag, and a blue inflatable pool under a fake name online and used the items to dismember Rivas in his garage. — Nancy Dillon, VIBE.com, 17 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for body bag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
  1. coffin
  2. sarcophagus
  3. casket
  4. box
  5. tomb
  6. vault
  7. bier
Noun
  • Rain fell as families wept beside the coffins, and officers held portraits of their fallen colleagues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The monumental burial mound included a log cabin-like structure, one coffin, and the remains of multiple individuals and horse sacrifices.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of coffin
Noun
  • Here, the archaeologists found the untouched remains of his mummy inside a limestone sarcophagus.
    — Anne Doran for ARTnews, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The shape of the lime patch suggested that the body had been inside a rectangular wooden coffin that was then filled with lime before being placed in the sarcophagus, Rodwell said.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of sarcophagus
Noun
  • Behind them is a black casket with the body of the eponymous Helena.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Mortuary Manor visitors can also watch a horror movie projected onto the wall of the main sitting room while surrounded by caskets.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of casket
Noun
  • Most tiny houses take the form of a simple rectangular box, but the two-bedroom Antonia goes for a different approach.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
  • These tall boxes have a large empty cavity at the back, topped by a toilet seat.
    — Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of box
Noun
  • The drug was likely used in a burial ritual at a tomb discovered in what is now Siberia.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The team from Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland said analysis of hair in the royal tomb where cannabis seeds turned up sheds new light on the plant's role in ancient societies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of tomb
Noun
  • There are just under 5,000 burial vaults (all above ground), which include imposing mausoleums made of marble.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Mystery across life Leonard Rome and Nancy Kedersha first identified vault particles in 1986.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 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
Definition of bier

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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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