hearse
/hɜːs//hɜɹs/
noun
- 1
A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
- 2
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
- 3
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
- 4
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
- 5
A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
verb
- 1
To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Translate “hearse” to another language
Click any language to open the translator with this word already filled in.