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[ kaw -fin, kof -in ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.
the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.
Printing . the bed of a platen press. the wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press. verb (used with object) to put or enclose in or as in a coffin.
Origin of coffin 1300–50; Middle English
cofin <Old North French <Latin
cophinus <Greek
kóphinos a kind of basket
OTHER WORDS FROM coffin cof·fin·less, adjective un·cof·fin, verb (used with object) Words nearby coffin coffee tree, coffer, cofferdam, coffered, Coffeyville, coffin , coffin bone, coffin corner, coffinite, coffin nail, Coffin-Siris syndrome
Definition for coffin (2 of 2) [ kaw -fin, kof -in ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Levi, 1798–1877, U.S. abolitionist leader.
Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892–1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
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At the wake, Maria parked the wheelchair next to the coffin , the CD player in the seat as if he were ready to roll.
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He closed her eyes himself, and followed her coffin to the churchyard.
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The body, after remaining suspended the usual time, was put into a coffin , and delivered to his friends.
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A tradition still lingers that those who bore the coffin to the grave solemnly affirmed that it was empty and the body gone.
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The coffin had an inscription upon it, which showed that it had once contained the body of a king.
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The funeral was over, the last word of the service spoken, the first shovel of earth flung rattling on to the coffin .
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British Dictionary definitions for coffin noun a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone
verb (tr) to place in or as in a coffin
engineering another name for flask (def. 6)
Word Origin for coffin C14: from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see coffer
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