Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Catafalque

//ˈkatəfalk// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.

    "Until noon, the hour of the funeral, crowds continued to file by the plain pine coffin on its plain flower-covered catafalque."

  2. 2
    a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French catafalque, from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Also influenced scaffold.

See also for "catafalque"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: catafalque