Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus noun - A boxlike container for holding a dead body.
Usage example: the crypt under the abbey church contains the sarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot
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Synonyms for Sarcophagus
Tomb and sarcophagus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tomb" instead a noun "Sarcophagus".
Tomb
Tomb noun - A final resting place for a dead person.
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Both words in one sentence
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They live in a Necropolis, their ships are called "tomb ships" and have a sarcophagus look to them.
Source: Video Game / Destiny -
Approaches And I Must Scream for one particularly-unfortunate mummy, whose sarcophagus lid was so well-secured that he couldn't even get out to pace around in his tomb.
Source: Discworld / Pyramids -
Invincible Hero: Even when escaping a tomb and surviving an impossible plunge down an abyss while locked in a sarcophagus, Adèle is unhurt and just barely disheveled.
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