Meaning & use

hearse

noun·Everyday

A vehicle specially built to carry a coffin from a funeral service to a cemetery or crematorium.

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The hearse moved slowly at the front of the funeral procession through town.

Black hearses lined the street outside the chapel as mourners gathered.

A note on using this word

Hearse refers only to the vehicle itself, not to the funeral procession or ceremony as a whole.

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