hearses

Cortège's lead cars

Hearses is the plural of hearse, the specialized vehicle used to transport a coffin to a funeral or burial site.

Hearses are typically long, black, and solemn in appearance, designed to accommodate a casket in the rear compartment.

A procession of hearses moved slowly through the cemetery gates.

funeral

coffin

Burial container for remains

cemetery · burial · mourners · cortege · funeral home · interment · graveside · motorcade · undertaker · viewing

vehicle

black

Darkest possible hue

limousine · elongated · carriage · rear · curtains · rollers · compartment · chrome · windows · driver

historical

horse-drawn

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ornamental · gilded · elaborate · traditional · wooden · antique · ceremonial · feathered · livery · coachman

gothic

Halloween

October 31st festival

horror · death · ominous · creepy · dark · Victorian · supernatural · skull · eerie · grim

Categories
Opposites
life-death transport purpose

hearsesambulances

Emergency medical transport

air ambulances

ceremonial direction

hearsesparade floats

Decorated platforms in marches

life stage ceremonial transport

hearsesbaby carriages

Wheeled beds for infants

prams · strollers · party buses

Phrases
Family

hearse

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG