Australian English Meaning of sarcophagus
Sarcophagus
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Definitions and Meaning of sarcophagus in English
sarcophagus (n)
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
sarcophagus (n.)
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
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Sarcophagus
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consum
Coffin,coffin,tomb,beer,box,crypt,urn,vault,charnel,Charnel house
No antonyms found.
sarcophagous => sarcophagus, sarcophagi => sarcophagi, sarcophagan => sarcophagids, sarcophaga carnaria => Flesh fly, sarcophaga => Sarcophagus,
