Meaning of sarcophagus

sar•coph•a•gus

Pronunciation: (sär-kof'u-gus), [key]

— pl. -gi -gus•es.

a stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for coffins.

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