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

And in 2014, a Mississippi man who had been pronounced dead was found alive inside a body bag at a funeral home.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

At the site of the landslide, the volunteers wearing surgical masks finally managed to remove the decomposing corpse and place the remains in a white body bag.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

Sergeant Simpson and Lieutenant Carroll were talking together, the body bag was at their feet.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers