{
  "biers":{
    "a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
      "examples":[
        "lifted the bier from its stand and placed it in the hearse for its final journey"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "boxes",
        "caskets",
        "coffins",
        "palls",
        "sarcophagi",
        "sarcophaguses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "charnels",
        "charnel houses",
        "crypts",
        "sepulchres",
        "sepulchers",
        "sepultures",
        "tombs",
        "vaults",
        "urns",
        "body bags"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bier":{
    "a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
      "examples":[
        "lifted the bier from its stand and placed it in the hearse for its final journey"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "box",
        "casket",
        "coffin",
        "pall",
        "sarcophagus"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "charnel",
        "charnel house",
        "crypt",
        "sepulchre",
        "sepulcher",
        "sepulture",
        "tomb",
        "vault",
        "urn",
        "body bag"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}