Korean Meaning of sarcophagus

석관

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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

석관

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

관,관,무덤,맥주,상자,지하실,항아리,금고,난장터,무덤

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sarcophagous => 석관, sarcophagi => 석관, sarcophagan => 육파리, sarcophaga carnaria => 육파리, sarcophaga => 석관,