bier

bier  (bîr)

n.

1. A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.

2. A coffin along with its stand: followed the bier to the cemetery.

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[Alteration (influenced by French bière, coffin) of Middle English ber, from Old English br; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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bier [bɪə]

n

a platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial

[Old English bǣr; related to beran to bear¹, Old High German bāra bier, Sanskrit bhārá a burden]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bier - a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard" casket, coffin - box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
	2.	bier - a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial catafalque - a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral rack, stand - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"

Translations

bier [bɪəʳ] N → andas fpl (para el féretro)

bier [ˈbɪə^r] n → bière cercueil)f >

bier

n → Bahre f

bier [bɪəʳ] n (for coffin) → catafalco; (for corpse) → feretro, bara