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sarcophagus

American  
[sahr-kof-uh-guhs] / sɑrˈkɒf ə gəs /

noun

plural

sarcophagi, sarcophaguses

  1. a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.

  2. Greek Antiquity. a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for coffins.

sarcophagus British  
/ sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs /

noun

  1. a stone or marble coffin or tomb, esp one bearing sculpture or inscriptions

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Etymology

Origin of sarcophagus

1595–1605; < Latin < Greek sarkophágos, noun use of the adj.; sarcophagous

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