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cerecloth

cerecloth noun: cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.

Noun

cerecloth (countable and uncountable, plural cerecloths)

  1. (historical) Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
    • ’Twere damnation
      To think so base a thought; it were too gross
      To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

cerecloth meaning in Tamil and Bengali

cerecloth in Tamil

கட்டும் மெழுகுத்ணி

cerecloth in Bengali

জানাজায় ব্যবহৃত

Forms of cerecloth

pluralcerecloths

Origin of cerecloth

From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).

Questions about cerecloth

What does cerecloth mean?
Cerecloth means cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
What is cerecloth in Tamil?
Cerecloth in Tamil is கட்டும் மெழுகுத்ணி. See Cerecloth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cerecloth?
Cerecloth is a noun.
What is the plural of cerecloth?
The plural of cerecloth is cerecloths.

Words near cerecloth in the dictionary

  1. cerebrovisceral
  2. cerebrum
  3. cerebrums
  4. Cereceres
  5. Cerecereses
  6. cerecloth
  7. cereclothed
  8. cerecloths
  9. cered
  10. Ceredigion
  11. Ceredo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cerecloth (page history and authors); cerecloth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cerecloth (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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