sarcophagus
/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/noun
Middle SchoolNot in standard dictionaries
1
A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
2
The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
3
A type of wine cooler (“a piece of equipment used to keep wine chilled”) shaped like a sarcophagus (sense 1).
4
A kind of limestone used by the Ancient Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of corpses.
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Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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