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How to pronounce “hearse”
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Pronunciation guide for hearse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hearse with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Long Shadows: The Farewell to JFK
they had rehearsed Hoover's funeral
- Definition summary
- A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
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How to pronounce hearse
Long Shadows: The Farewell to JFK

they had rehearsed Hoover's funeral
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hearse”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
- A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
- A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
- A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
- [Verb]
- (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
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