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1. (n.) hearse
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
2. hearse
a triangular frame for holding candles, used at Tenebrae.
3. hearse
a canopy erected over a tomb.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME herse < MF herce a harrow < L hirpicem, acc. of hirpex)
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| Definition of 'hearse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hearse
a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hearse
a hind in the year of its age
2. (noun) hearse
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. (noun) hearse
a grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument
4. (noun) hearse
a bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave
5. (noun) hearse
a carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave
6. (verb) hearse
to inclose in a hearse; to entomb
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Sense: a car used for carrying a dead body in a coffin to a cemetery etc.
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 Afrikaans: lykswa |
 Arabic: عَرَبَة أو سَيّارة الموتى |
 Bulgarian: катафалка |
 Brazilian: carro funerário |
 Czech: pohřební vůz |
 German: der Leichenwagen |
 Danish: ligvogn |
 Greek: νεκροφόρα |
 Spanish: coche/carro fúnebre |
 Estonian: surnuvanker |
 Farsi: آمبولانس نعش كش |
 Finnish: ruumisauto |
 French: corbillard |
 Hebrew: רֶכֶב לְהֲסַעַת אָרון מֵת |
 Hindi: शव वाहन |
 Croatian: mrtvacka kola |
 Hungarian: halottaskocsi |
 Indonesian: mobil jenazah |
 Icelandic: líkvagn |
 Italian: carro funebre |
 Japanese: 霊柩車 |
 Korean: 영구차 |
 Lithuanian: katafalkas |
 Latvian: katafalks; līķrati |
 Malay: kereta mayat |
 Dutch: lijkwagen |
 Norwegian: likvogn, begravelsesbil |
 Polish: karawan |
 Persian: آمبولانس نعش كش |
 Pashto: تابوت ، د مړي وړلو عراده |
 Portuguese: carro funerário |
 Romanian: dric |
 Russian: катафалк |
 Slovak: pohrebný voz |
 Slovenian: mrliški voz |
 Serbian: mrtvačka kola |
 Swedish: likbil |
 Thai: รถศพ |
 Turkish: cenaze arabası |
 Taiwanese: 靈車 |
 Ukrainian: катафалк |
 Urdu: تابوت گاڑی |
 Vietnamese: xe tang |
 Chinese: 灵车 |
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