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The answer SARCOPHAGUS has 13 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of sarcophagus in various dictionaries:
noun - a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
SARCOPHAGUS - A sarcophagus (plural, sarcophagi) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, ...
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| In ancient times, it was an elaborate stone coffin fit for a king |
| The name of this ancient & elaborate coffin is from the Greek for "flesh-eating"; how gruesome |
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| A sarcophagus (plural, sarcophagi) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word "sarcophagus" comes from the Greek sarx meaning "flesh", and phagein meaning "to eat", hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating"; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos ( ). Since lithos is Greek for "stone", lithos sarcophagos means "flesh-eating stone". The word also came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to rapidly facilitate the decomposition of the flesh of corpses contained within it due to the chemical properties of the limestone itself. |