body bag

noun

A nonporous bag designed to contain a human body, used for the storage and transport of corpses.

Similar
personnel pouchhuman remains pouch
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Meanings

nounbody bag (plural body bags)

plural body bags

  1. A nonporous bag designed to contain a human body, used for the storage and transport of corpses.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed

Similar
personnel pouchhuman remains pouch
Broader
bag

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch lijkzak
  • lijkzakbag designed to contain a human body
Finnish ruumispussi
  • ruumispussibag designed to contain a human body
German Leichensack
  • Leichensackbag designed to contain a human body
Māori puraku, pēke tūpāpaku
  • purakubag designed to contain a human body
  • pēke tūpāpakubag designed to contain a human body
Polish worek na zwłoki
  • worek na zwłokibag designed to contain a human body
Swedish liksäck
  • liksäckbag designed to contain a human body
Turkish ceset torbası
  • ceset torbasıbag designed to contain a human body
Cite this entry
APA

body bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20bag

MLA

“body bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20bag.

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