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Rarehearse
The correct spelling is hearse.
How to pronounce hearse
/hɜːs/
nounIPA: /hɜːs/
Say it like: Hee-rse
The correct spelling is hearse. A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
- 2.A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
- 3.A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
- 4.A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
- 5.A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
verb
- 1.To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
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