bier

A noun referring to a stand or frame used to support a coffin or corpse before burial.

• 🇨🇳指用来支撑棺材或尸体的架子或担架，尤指下葬前所用的。

1. Coffin and its stand C1 formal

   A coffin along with its supporting stand, used for carrying or displaying a deceased person before burial.

   • The mourners carried the bier to the cemetery.
   • The bier was decorated with flowers and draped in black cloth.
   • They placed the bier in the center of the church for the funeral service.

   🇨🇳棺材及其抬架

   同义词: catafalquehearse

2. Stand for a corpse C1 formal

   A movable stand or frame used to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.

   • The body was laid on the bier for the viewing.
   • The pallbearers lifted the bier onto their shoulders.
   • The ancient bier was made of wood and adorned with carvings.

   🇨🇳棺架

   同义词: catafalquehearse

• biers plural form
• biers' possessive plural form
• bier's possessive singular form