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body bag

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

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

body bag (plural body bags)

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

Forms of body bag

pluralbody bags

Questions about body bag

What does body bag mean?
Body bag means a nonporous bag designed to contain a human body, used for the storage and transport of corpses.
What part of speech is body bag?
Body bag is a noun.
What is the plural of body bag?
The plural of body bag is body bags.

Words near body bag in the dictionary

  1. body
  2. body and soul
  3. body armor
  4. body armour
  5. body art
  6. body bag
  7. body bags
  8. body blow
  9. body blows
  10. body board
  11. body boards

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