hearse

/hə:s/

Thân thiện

A black hearse drives slowly down a quiet street.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A vehicle used to transport a coffin containing a deceased person to a place of a funeral service or to a cemetery. Historically, it was a horse-drawn carriage, but in modern usage, it is almost always a specially designed motor vehicle.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The hearse arrived at the church for the funeral service.
  • A black hearse carried the coffin slowly through the town.
  • The procession was led by a single, somber hearse.

Advanced Usage

• "To follow the hearse": To be part of the funeral procession walking or driving behind the vehicle carrying the coffin.
  • The family and friends followed the hearse to the graveside.

Variants and Related Words

• Hearse-like (adj): Resembling or characteristic of a hearse, often used to describe something that is similarly slow, solemn, or funereal.
  • The long, black car had a hearse-like appearance.

Synonyms

• Funeral car: A motor vehicle used in a funeral.
• Mortuary vehicle: A formal term for a vehicle used to transport the deceased.

Related Phrases

• Hearse driver: The person who operates the hearse.
  • The hearse driver waited respectfully outside the home.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle