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Definition of sarcophagus noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

sarcophagus

noun

NAmE//sɑrˈkɑfəɡəs//

(pl. sarcophagi

NAmE//sɑrˈkɑfəˌdʒaɪ//

, NAmE//sɑrˈkɑfəˌɡaɪ//

)

a stone coffin (= box that a dead person is buried in), especially one that is decorated, used in ancient times

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