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. John A. Rassias:

   Language study is a route to maturity. Indeed, in language study as in life, if a person is the same today as he was yesterday, it would be an act of mercy to pronounce him dead and to place him in a coffin, rather than in a classroom.

2. Carla Ferrigno:

   I am going public (now) because I am just one more person who puts the nail in his coffin.

3. Nick Sandow:

   The film depicts the early 1990s. The Gotti trial was the last straw in the coffin, it was the end of an era and he was trying to hold on to this idea of something that really wasn't there anymore.

4. Joe Biden:

   I think you're going to see a significant change in the politics of the country, and I think lot of it had to do with the way in which the administration has treated people, i think the nail that maybe have put in the coffin this time was the way in which the administration responded to John McCain death, and the way it came across as being so nakedly... almost un-American. It was just raw. It wasn't -- it's not who we are.

5. Ashley Tabaddor:

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

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