Thesaurus results for SARCOPHAGUS

sarcophagus

noun

sär-ˈkä-fə-gəs

Definition of sarcophagus

as in casket

a boxlike container for holding a dead body the crypt under the abbey church contains the sarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot

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Recent Examples of sarcophagus The rub is that she was recovered inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026 Cronin takes the legend of the mummy out of its sarcophagus by removing it from Egypt and throwing it into a domestic American home. — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 Eight years later, she is found alive, wrapped up inside a sarcophagus. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sarcophagus

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At the end of the ceremony, mourners approached Yarovenko’s casket one by one, laying white flowers beside her.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
What Florida State pulled off in the month of July on the recruiting trail is the college football equivalent of that gif of The Undertaker sitting up in his casket.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of casket

Noun

During her funeral procession in September 2022, Emma stood to the side as the late Queen’s coffin passed by at Windsor Castle.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Emergency workers brought out a coffin and loaded it onto an ambulance, which will transport them to their hometown for funeral rites.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of coffin

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This tomb, and others in Sardinia, was built as a collective burial site around 1800 BCE by the Nuragic people.

— Leigh Anne Miller for ARTnews, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2026
The same year that the Lincoln Memorial was inaugurated, the tomb of Tutankhamum was discovered in Egypt, fueling a broader fascination with ancient civilizations, monuments and the ways societies preserved memories of powerful figures.

— Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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