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 limestone sarcophagus was discovered in 1820 and officially excavated in 1869 from what is now a grassy strip along the north side of the abbey’s nave.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 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
  • Behind them is a black casket with the body of the eponymous Helena.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Mortuary Manor visitors can also watch a horror movie projected onto the wall of the main sitting room while surrounded by caskets.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 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
  • The 32-suite vessel will offer four-night voyages between Luxor and Aswan, during which guests can visit some of Egypt’s most famous archaeological sites, including the tombs of Nefertari, Seti I, Ramses VI, and King Tutankhamun.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
  • For the same reasons little dogs appeared so frequently at the feet of dead women (and clerics) in tomb sculpture, plenty of Renaissance portraits feature them as a symbol of fidelity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of tomb
Noun
  • The finished basement has a family room, a stone fireplace, a bar, a wine cellar, a walk-in vault and additional entertaining space.
    — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Whether the Falcons’ decision-makers see Penix in the same light remains locked in a vault behind closed doors, but their sample size keeps growing in a year that needs to end with a firm answer on Penix’s future.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 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 31 Oct. 2026.

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