💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mortsafe"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mort stonenoun | (UK, obsolete) A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse. |
| kerbnoun | (British spelling) Alternative spelling of curb. [A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand).] |
| sky burialnoun | A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain or other outdoor structure to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals. |
| barrownoun | A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. |
| gravemoundnoun | A tumulus over a tomb. |
| scaffoldnoun | A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building. |
| kistnoun | (Scotland) A chest. |
| mortnoun | Death; especially, the death of game in hunting. |
| mass gravenoun | A grave (in any of the countable senses) containing many corpses. |
| grave-robbingnoun | Alternative form of graverobbing. [The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.] |
| streekernoun | (UK, Scotland, dialect) One who lays out a dead body; a professional attendant of the dead |
| gravenoun | (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. |
| buriannoun | (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A tomb; sepulchre. |
| heapsteadnoun | (mining, historical) The elevated framework of wood or iron at bank, to the top of which the pit is continued above the surface, to provide the necessary height to pass the coals over the skreens into the wagons. |
| gravediggingnoun | The digging of graves. |
| burial moundnoun | A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. |
| potter's fieldnoun | (idiomatic) A public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried. |
| headboardnoun | A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed. |
| hearsenoun | A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave. |
| corpse roadnoun | (historical) A route used to transport corpses, often from remote communities, to cemeteries where they could be buried. |
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