open-casketadjective
uk/ˌəʊ.pənˈkɑː.skɪt/us/ˌoʊ.pənˈkæs.kɪt/US used to describe a funeral at which the coffin is open and people can see the dead person's body:
an open-casket funeral/service
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Funerals
- closed-casket
- cortege
- funeral director
- funeral parlour
- funerary
- green burial
- hearse
- lay
- lay sb out
- lie
- mortician
- mourner
- natural burial
- pall
- pay your respects idiom
- respect
- the last post
- undertaker
- wake
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