coffin
/ˈkɔfɪn/noun, verb2 syllables
Coffin means: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated.
Synonyms for coffin7
noun, as in box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
casket
also used for coffin
pine box, wooden coat, wooden kimono, wooden overcoat, wooden surtout, encoffin
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What does coffin mean?2
noun
1
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
verb
1
place into a coffin“her body was coffined”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Coffin in a sentence
- Tonight, a coffin will be our wedding bed.Scott
- The beautiful widow stood by the coffin, her eyes veiled with tears.Eldad
- If you hit the coffin, you'll wake up the dead person.jbdu
- If you knock on the coffin, you will wake the dead.ariarin
- The coffin opened, and out climbed a vampire.sundown
- He thought his piano would make a good coffin for him.marcelostockle
- The vampire came back to life in his coffin.Amastan
- The soldiers solemnly draped the flag over the coffin.LB
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Forms of coffin
as a noun
- plural
- coffins
as a verb
- third-person singular
- coffins
- present participle
- coffining
- past participle
- coffined
- past tense
- coffined