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Noun(1) a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle(2) a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery(3) formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle

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(1) These services would include the hire of a hearse , coffin costs, flowers and embalming.(2) As the hearse and police cars drove down the drive towards the chapel, the rainy night air was lit up with flashes from Press cameras.(3) As light drizzle began to fall on a dark London night, six pallbearers, from a firm of undertakers carefully lifted the coffin from the hearse .(4) A horse-drawn hearse carried the coffin from the Bulldog pub in Walcot, which is run by Kevin's brother, Geoff.(5) In a few moments they carry the coffin to the hearse , and place it inside for the trip to the cemetery.(6) He insisted the silver limousine with a private registration number did not look like a funeral car unless it was travelling behind a hearse .(7) A horse-drawn hearse took the coffin from the house to the church.(8) After the National Anthem, the Bearer Party places the coffin in the hearse .(9) At 12.30 pm the bearer party will place the coffin in the hearse and five minutes later the procession will leave for Windsor.(10) These included a government official and a driver of a hearse conveying a corpse.(11) At the time of the funeral the bones are placed in chests of cypress wood, which are conveyed in hearses ; there is one chest for each tribe.(12) Some smugglers even use wedding cars and funeral hearses as cover.(13) Just in case you were wondering, motorcycles and hearses are exempt from the four person rule.(14) Fire trucks, ambulances, hearses and the vehicles of law enforcement officers on duty are also allowed unhindered passage, but not most do not realize that either, or do not care.(15) Cars can get over the ramps fine but ambulances and long vehicles like hearses have trouble with the ramps.(16) After the mass, a small number of mourners became upset with the media attention and attempted to block photographers from taking pictures of the coffins as they lay in hearses outside the church.
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1. hearse
2. bier


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