Coffin

[Cof·fin]

The long wooden box in which a dead body is kept for burial or cremation is called a coffin. At a graveside funeral, you'll see the coffin lowered into a grave.

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The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

Noun
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

Verb
place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"

n.
The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

n.
A basket.

n.
A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

n.
A conical paper bag, used by grocers.

n.
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

v. t.
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

Coffin

Cof"fin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin.
2. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20). 3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
Of the paste a coffin I will rear.
4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] Nares. 5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone. Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone.

Coffin

Cof"fin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coffined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coffining.] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?
Devotion is not coffined in a cell.

The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

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Usage Examples

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

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Other Usage Examples

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.