What does coffin mean?
Definitions for coffin
ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪncof·fin
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Princeton's WordNet
coffin, casket(verb)
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
coffin(verb)
place into a coffin
"her body was coffined"
Wiktionary
coffin(Noun)
An oblong closed box in which a dead person is buried.
coffin(Verb)
To place in a coffin.
Webster Dictionary
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.]
Coffin(noun)
a basket
Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]
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.]
Coffin(noun)
a conical paper bag, used by grocers
Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]
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.]
Coffin(verb)
to inclose in, or as in, a coffin
Etymology: [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]
Freebase
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
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
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
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'coffin' in Nouns Frequency: #2167
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of coffin in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of coffin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of coffin in a Sentence
It's the final nail in the coffin of any semblance of independent decision making.
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.
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.
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.
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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Translations for coffin
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- kis, doodskisAfrikaans
- تابوتArabic
- tabutAzerbaijani
- табутBashkir
- труна, гроб, дамавінаBelarusian
- ковчег, полагамBulgarian
- taüt, fèretreCatalan, Valencian
- rakevCzech
- archWelsh
- kiste, ligkisteDanish
- Sarg, einsargenGerman
- κάσα, φέρετροGreek
- ĉerkoEsperanto
- urna, cajón, féretro, ataúdSpanish
- kirst, puusärkEstonian
- تابوتPersian
- ruumisarkku, arkkuun, laittaa, arkkuFinnish
- kista, líkkistaFaroese
- cercueilFrench
- cónraIrish
- ciste-mhairbhe, cisteScottish Gaelic
- coavin, kishtey keylManx
- אֲרוֹן-מֵתִיםHebrew
- ताबूतHindi
- koporsóHungarian
- դագաղArmenian
- keranda, peti jenazah, peti mati, peti mayatIndonesian
- sarcoInterlingue
- sarkoIdo
- kista, líkkista, kistuleggjaIcelandic
- cassa da morto, baraItalian
- 納棺, 棺Japanese
- კუბოGeorgian
- ក្ដារមឈូសKhmer
- 棺, 관Korean
- darbest, tabûtKurdish
- ໂລງ, ຫີບສົບLao
- karstasLithuanian
- zārksLatvian
- kāwhenaMāori
- ковчегMacedonian
- ခေါင်းBurmese
- kist, doodskistDutch
- gravkiste, kisteNorwegian
- ਕਫ਼ਨPanjabi, Punjabi
- trumnaPolish
- ataúde, caixãoPortuguese
- sicriu, coșciugRomanian
- гробRussian
- ковчег, lȇs, kovčeg, lijȇs, лије̑с, ле̑сSerbo-Croatian
- rakvaSlovak
- krstaSlovene
- arkivol, qivurAlbanian
- kistaSwedish
- kifuaSwahili
- శవపేటికTelugu
- тобутTajik
- โลง, โลงศพ, หีบศพThai
- kabaongTagalog
- tabutTurkish
- труна, гробUkrainian
- تابوتUrdu
- 棺材, quan tàiVietnamese
- sarkön, sarkVolapük
- waxhea, lujheaWalloon
- ארוןYiddish
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