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hearse

/hɜːs/noun

उच्चारण हर्स

शव-वाहन

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Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

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noun
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    a long vehicle used for carrying the coffin at a funeral

    शव-वाहन

    • The hearse led the funeral procession.
    • The hearse waited outside the house while the family said their last prayers.
    • A black hearse stood at the gate of the cemetery.
    + 2 more examples
    • The mourners walked slowly behind the hearse.
    • The hearse drove through the town with flowers on its roof.

    Synonyms funeral car catafalque

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

funeral car catafalque

AaSpelling

Hearse, with -ear- (not 'herse').

Hearse, -ear- के साथ ('herse' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Homophone-like: keep apart hearse (funeral vehicle) and hoarse (rough voice) and horse.

Hearse (शव-वाहन), hoarse (भारी आवाज़) और horse को अलग रखिए।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a vehicle that carries a coffin is a hearse; a funeral procession a cortège; a box for a dead body a coffin; the cloth covering a coffin a pall; a speech praising a dead person a eulogy.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: ताबूत ले जाने वाला वाहन hearse; अंतिम यात्रा का जुलूस cortège; मृत शरीर का बक्सा coffin; ताबूत ढकने वाला कपड़ा pall; मृतक की प्रशंसा में भाषण eulogy।