body bag

noun

Definition of body bagnext
as in coffin

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Recent Examples of body bag Over the days following her death, Burke ordered a shovel, three chainsaws, a body bag, and blue inflatable pool. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026 Those missing arms and legs were quickly discovered, braided together in a garbage bag laying underneath the body bag. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026 Prosecutors allege Burke later bought a shovel, chainsaws, a body bag, and a blue inflatable pool under a fake name online and used the items to dismember Rivas in his garage. — Nancy Dillon, VIBE.com, 17 June 2026 Health workers are confronting severe shortages of basic supplies, like medicine, masks, gloves, face shields, medicine, testing kits, body bags, running water and soap. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for body bag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
  1. coffin
  2. sarcophagus
  3. casket
  4. box
  5. tomb
  6. vault
  7. bier
Noun
  • Essentially, both cremation and coffin-burial practices are pretty bad for the environment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Chicago extinguished New England's last-minute comeback bid courtesy of exceptional clock management by coach Johnson and a nail-in-the-coffin, career-best 58-yard field goal from Cairo Santos.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of coffin
Noun
  • The same circle of dealers also sold artworks to the Metropolitan Museum, where the New York District Attorney’s Office seized five antiquities valued collectively at more than $3 million in 2022; those included a gold sarcophagus.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Inside, a replica King Tut sarcophagus stood against a cinderblock wall, looking out at a table and some chairs.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of sarcophagus
Noun
  • Prompted by Nan’s lament about their father’s empty casket and his own desire for posthumous reconciliation, Jay sets out to find his dad’s underwater remains near the edge of the canyon at Monastery Beach.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Milwaukee has reduced it to a team on fumes, with a chance to lower the casket Thursday night in Game 4.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of casket
Noun
  • Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in freezer.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • My father worked somewhere that had a lot of cardboard boxes.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of box
Noun
  • This incredible necropolis is home to the tombs of the pharaohs and is a testament to the advanced engineering and architectural skills of the ancient Egyptians.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The historic Winter Palace hotel, where Howard Carter announced the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, is due to reopen in July as the Mandarin Oriental Winter Palace.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of tomb
Noun
  • Kaylia Nemour of Algeria recovered from a misstep on vault in the all-around finals on Friday that cost her a medal to easily defend her gold on uneven bars.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Thankfully, Brian and Murtagh find their way to the vault just as the water is reaching the top and, using all of their strength, pry the lid open.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • The coffin was unveiled late on Thursday to a throng of sobbing supporters, who were swaying and beating their heads in time to a sung lament as flowers were thrown from the bier into the crowd.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim Yong Nam on Tuesday to express condolences, and the funeral is scheduled for Thursday.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of bier

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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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