variants
also sarcophaguses
as in tombs
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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Noun
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Found throughout Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa, dolmens are prehistoric megalithic stone structures, usually built as tombs or burial sites.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Instead of houses or shops, this was lined with the tombs of Termessos’ rich and mighty.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The waterless Wadi Hammamat between the Nile and the Red Sea was quarried for the siltstone formed from ancient river sediment that had hardened over millions of years to provide a limitless supply of stone coffins (sarcophagi).—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The 1918 flu epidemic that swept the globe exhausted hospital facilities and, reportedly, the base ran out of coffins due to so many deaths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Sarcophagi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagi. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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