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Definitions for Coffin

[1] the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.
[2] the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.
[3] Printing . the bed of a platen press. the wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press.
[4] to put or enclose in or as in a coffin.
[5] Levi, 1798–1877, U.S. abolitionist leader.
[6] Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892–1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
[7] a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
[8] the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone
[9] (tr) to place in or as in a coffin
[10] engineering another name for flask (def. 6)

Words related to Coffin

crate, sarcophagus, casket, pall, catafalque

Words nearby Coffin

coffeepot, coffer, cofferdam, coffered, coffeyville, coffin, coffin bone, coffin corner, coffin nail, coffin-siris syndrome, coffinite

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)

Word origin for Coffin

C14: from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see coffer

Synonyms for Coffin

crate, sarcophagus, casket, catafalque, pall, funerary box, pine box, pine drape