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Meaning of hearse

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hearse

Pronunciation:/hɜːs//hɜɹs/

noun

Definitions

  1. A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.

  2. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

  3. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

  4. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

verb

Definitions

  1. To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.