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Bier
01
a platform or frame on which a coffin or corpse is placed during a funeral or prior to burial or cremation
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
biers
Examples
The pallbearers carefully lifted the coffin onto the bier, preparing for the funeral procession to begin.
02
a coffin along with its stand
