- a stone or marble coffin or tomb, esp one bearing sculpture or inscriptions
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sar•coph•a•gus /sɑrˈkɑfəgəs/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -gi /-ˌdʒaɪ, -ˌgaɪ/USA pronunciation -gus•es.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a stone coffin displayed as a monument.
sar•coph•a•gus
(sär kof′ə gəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gi (-jī′),USA pronunciation -gus•es.
- a stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- Antiquity[Gk. Antiq.]a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for coffins.
- Greek sarkophágos, noun, nominal use of the adjective, adjectival; see sarcophagous
- Latin
- 1595–1605
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sarcophagus /sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/ n ( pl -gi /-ˌɡaɪ/, -guses)
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