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A nonporous bag designed to contain a human body, used for the storage and transport of corpses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: personnel pouch, human remains pouch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bag
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
lijkzak
— bag designed to contain a human body
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Finnish:
ruumispussi
— bag designed to contain a human body
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German:
Leichensack
— bag designed to contain a human body
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Māori:
puraku
— bag designed to contain a human body
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Māori:
pēke tūpāpaku
— bag designed to contain a human body
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Polish:
worek na zwłoki
— bag designed to contain a human body
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Swedish:
liksäck
— bag designed to contain a human body
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Turkish:
ceset torbası
— bag designed to contain a human body