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coffin
1[ kaw-fin, kof-in ]
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.
Coffin
2[ kaw-fin, kof-in ]
noun
- Levi, 1798–1877, U.S. abolitionist leader.
- Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892–1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
coffin
/ ˈɒɪ /
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
Other Word Forms
- Ǵf· adjective
- ܲ·Ǵf verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of coffin1
Word History and Origins
Origin of coffin1
Example Sentences
After a ceremony, huge crowds lined the streets of Rome to watch as the Pope's coffin was carried in a procession to his final resting place, Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica.
Following the public funeral, Pope Francis' coffin was carried through Rome in a slow procession.
There was also applause when the Pope's simple wooden coffin was brought out.
Prince William, who was representing his father King Charles III, stood side by side with the prime minister for a moment of silence in front of Pope Francis' coffin.
Tax rises in October's Budget are "crippling" her salon business, she said, and the extra £23,000 a year imposed by the chancellor could prove the final nail in the coffin.
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