Brazilian Portugese Meaning of sarcophagus
Sarcófago
Other Brazilian Portugese words related to Sarcófago
Nearest Words of sarcophagus
- sarcophaguses => sarcófagos
- sarcophagy => sarcófago
- sarcophile => Sarcófilo
- sarcophilus => Sarcophilus
- sarcophilus hariisi => Lobo-da-tasmânia, Tigre-da-tasmânia
- sarcoplasm => Sarcoplasma
- sarcoptes => Sarcoptes scabiei
- sarcoptid => ácaros da sarna
- sarcoptidae => Sarcoptidae
- sarcorhamphi => Sarcorampfos
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.
FAQs About the word sarcophagus
Sarcófago
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
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No antonyms found.
sarcophagous => sarcófago, sarcophagi => sarcófagos, sarcophagan => sarcofágidas, sarcophaga carnaria => Sarcophaga carnaria, sarcophaga => Sarcófago,
