sarcophagus

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(plural sarcophagi ) a stone COFFIN (= box that a dead person is buried in), especially one that is decorated, used in ancient times

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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sarcophagusEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary sarcophagusEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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