biers
Casket support frames
Biers is the plural of bier, a stand or frame on which a coffin or corpse is placed before burial or cremation.
The word appears most often in funeral contexts: The pallbearers lifted the coffin from the bier.
Bier sounds identical to beer but the two words are unrelated.
Funeral procession carriers
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- processionFormal moving line
- wakePath left in water
- intermentPutting a body underground
graveside · chapel · viewing · visitation · cortege · mourners · ceremony · service
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- catafalqueCeremonial coffin support structure
- platformRaised flat structure
- standUpright support structure
pall · draping · wheels · handles · frame · trestle · pedestal · cloth
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
lamentation · remembrance · tribute · sympathy · solace · consolation · farewell · vigil
Funeral home professional
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
- preparationArranging things in advance
funeral home · morgue · deceased · remains · body · repose · presentation · casket spray
pallbearers
Funeral procession carriers
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- processionFormal moving line
- wakePath left in water
interment · graveside · chapel · viewing · visitation · cortege · mourners · ceremony · service · burial
coffin
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- catafalqueCeremonial coffin support structure
- platformRaised flat structure
stand · pall · draping · wheels · handles · frame · trestle · pedestal · cloth · support
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
condolence · lamentation · remembrance · tribute · sympathy · solace · consolation · farewell · vigil · flowers
mortician
Funeral home professional
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
preparation · funeral home · morgue · deceased · remains · body · repose · presentation · casket spray · arrangement
bierscradles
Rocking infant beds
cribs · bassinets · baptismal fonts · incubators · maternity wards