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bier
[ beer ]
/ bɪər /
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noun
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.
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Origin of bier
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bier
beer, bierWords nearby bier
biennium, bien pensant, bienvenu, bienvenue, Bienville, bier, Bierce, bierkäse, bierkeller, Bierstadt, bierstube
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British Dictionary definitions for bier
bier
/ (bɪə) /
noun
a platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial
Word Origin for bier
Old English bǣr; related to beran to bear 1, Old High German bāra bier, Sanskrit bhārá a burden
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