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cellotaphs

cellotaphs is the plural of cellotaph.

Meaning of cellotaph

Noun

cellotaph (plural cellotaphs)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.
    • So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?2009, Mark Earls, Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature

Questions about cellotaphs

What is cellotaphs the plural of?
Cellotaphs is the plural of cellotaph.

Words near cellotaphs in the dictionary

  1. cellosolve
  2. cellosolves
  3. cellostrophanthoside
  4. cellosyl
  5. cellotaph
  6. cellotaphs
  7. cellotetraose
  8. cellotetraosyl
  9. cellotetraosyls
  10. cellotrionic
  11. cellotrionic acid

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