body bag

noun

Definition of body bagnext
as in coffin

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Recent Examples of body bag 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 New graves for bags of bones At the end of the search, family members and rescue workers recite prayers, standing behind 50 white body bags laid out in the dirt. — Anas Baba, NPR, 6 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
  • The excavation, carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission under the supervision of the SCA, also uncovered pottery coffins, as well as a collection of incense burners, oil lamps, and funerary amulets.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Investigators found his ashes in a brown paper bag on the floor of the funeral director’s premises more than a year after Bush handed her a little blue coffin and told her Sunny’s ashes were inside.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of coffin
Noun
  • This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from the Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon’s sarcophagus.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from The Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon's sarcophagus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 May 2026
Definition of sarcophagus
Noun
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Vice President JD Vance delivered speeches before Graham’s casket, which was draped with an American flag.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
  • Flushed and flailing during Schauf’s final countdown, her gum-chewing getting a little more exaggerated with each second, Cooper quipped that her handiwork might be better sealed under a closed casket.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of casket
Noun
  • Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige reacted to the sequel’s box-office success in a new interview with Variety.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At least one drop box, at Indian Trail Library, is within an evacuation zone and has been closed.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of box
Noun
  • The village is recognized for its symbiosis with the natural environment and development around the tomb of a Sufi master and saint.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026
  • The tomb was filled with precious objects, including the imposing golden collar, which according to Artnews, is made of 24-karat gold, weighs roughly one pound, and dates to the sixth century BCE.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026
Definition of tomb
Noun
  • The organization, which is responsible for cleaning up the messes after superhero battles, has something that Jean wants locked inside a vault.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • Rhule has faced increasing pressure to help generate revenue as player payrolls in the Big Ten vault above $40 million.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 30 July 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 5 Aug. 2026.

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