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coffin

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As a noun, coffin means a rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. As a verb, it means place in a coffin.

Meanings of coffin

8 meanings

noun

  1. A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

  2. cartomancyThe eighth Lenormand card.

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

  4. A storage container for nuclear waste.

  5. Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

    Similar: casket
Older and rare meanings (2)

  1. archaicA casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

  2. obsoleteA conical paper bag, used by grocers.

verb

  1. To place in a coffin.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
casket

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