Japanese Meaning of sarcophagus

石棺

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Definitions and Meaning of sarcophagus in English

Wordnet

sarcophagus (n)

a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)

Webster

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

石棺

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

棺,棺おけ,墓,ビール,箱,地下室,壺,金庫,納骨堂,納骨堂

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sarcophagous => 石棺, sarcophagi => 石棺, sarcophagan => ハエ, sarcophaga carnaria => ニクバエ, sarcophaga => 石棺,