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bier - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bier' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bier [ n.]
- A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
- A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Meaning of 'bier' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bier [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a coffin along with its stand
Example in sentence:
  • we followed the bier to the graveyard