BIER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bier" is a kind of...):

rack; stand (a support for displaying various articles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bier"):

catafalque (a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral)

Meaning:

A coffin along with its stand

Example:

we followed the bier to the graveyard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bier" is a kind of...):

casket; coffin (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)