саркофа́г — meaning in English

English meaning

• sarcophagus noun A stone coffin, often elaborately carved or inscribed, used especially in ancient burial customs.

Senses

саркофа́г is used for these senses in English:

• sarcophagus A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
• sarcophagus (informal) The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

sarcophagus — full definition

1. noun A stone coffin, often elaborately carved or inscribed, used especially in ancient burial customs.
2. noun A protective structure of concrete and steel built to seal off a destroyed nuclear reactor, as at Chernobyl.