Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bier

2 senses of bier

Sense 1
bier -- (a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard")
       => coffin, casket -- (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)

Sense 2
bier -- (a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial)
       => rack, stand -- (a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack")