body bag

American  

noun

1. a large bag made of heavy material and used to transport a dead body, as from a battlefield to a place of burial or from the scene of a death to a city morgue.

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body bag British  

noun

1. military a large heavy-duty plastic bag used to contain and transport human remains, esp those of battle casualties

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Example Sentences

In preparation for almost anything, standard gear on the International Space Station today includes an early pregnancy test and a body bag.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

One of the women, her eyes puffy from long hours of crying, sat by a casket labeled “Deniz Al-Baba” and put her head on the body bag.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

She pulls out disintegrating clothing from the body bag - a white shirt and black trousers.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

He searched every body bag at the morgue, twice.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2023

I snatch the body bag from his hand and throw it into the bushes because body bags are for corpses and Mateo isn’t dead.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera