Definitions for coffin
ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪncof·fin

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. coffin, casket(verb)

   box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

2. coffin(verb)

   place into a coffin

   "her body was coffined"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. coffin(Noun)

   An oblong closed box in which a dead person is buried.

2. coffin(Verb)

   To place in a coffin.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Coffin(noun)

   the case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial

   Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

2. Coffin(noun)

   a basket

   Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

3. Coffin(noun)

   a casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie

   Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

4. Coffin(noun)

   a conical paper bag, used by grocers

   Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

5. Coffin(noun)

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

   Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

6. Coffin(verb)

   to inclose in, or as in, a coffin

   Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Coffin

   A coffin is a funerary box used in the display and containment of dead people, either for burial or cremation. Contemporary North American English makes a distinction between coffin and casket. A coffin is generally understood to denote a funerary box having six sides, while a casket generally denotes a four-sided box.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Coffin

   kof′in, n. the coffer or chest in which a dead body is enclosed.—v.t. to place within a coffin.—n. Coff′in-ship, a ship that is unsound, and likely to prove fatal to those in it.—Drive a nail in one's coffin, to do something tending to hasten death or ruin. [O. Fr. cofin—L. cophinus—Gr. kophinos.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. coffin

   1. L'Envoi, the end of the legend. 2. An ornamental candy-box which no one cares to open. 3. A room without a door or a skylight.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coffin' in Nouns Frequency: #2167

How to pronounce coffin?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coffin in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coffin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of coffin in a Sentence

1. Ashley Tabaddor:

   It's the final nail in the coffin of any semblance of independent decision making.

2. James Galbraith:

   Originally I didn't think we'd be able to hang on this long, it's amazing how resilient the country is, but if we miss the coming spring -- that'll put a nail in the coffin.

3. Elizabeth Ochoa:

   Cheating is often the thing that brings people to treatment, and sometimes they are able to see it as a starting point for new ways of communicating and reformulating their marital goals, other times, it’s the final nail in the coffin. If the affair has gone too far emotionally or gone on for too long, it’s more difficult to get past.

4. Fred Guttenberg:

   The Democrats were pushing gun control before the dirt was over my daughter's coffin, that's what they did... and they didn't look at the facts. I wasn't a hard-right conservative before this and so I looked into the facts and learned what got my daughter murdered. It wasn't gun control laws, it was policies and people that did nothing.

5. Per Karsten:

   You can only speculate as to whether The CT was one of Winstrup's next of kin, or whether someone else took the opportunity while preparing the coffin. But we hope to be able to clarify any kinship through a DNA test.

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