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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 51Թ Forms
- Ǵf· adjective
- ܲ·Ǵf verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of coffin1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of coffin1
Example Sentences
There were emotional scenes outside the church after the ceremony as Amen's coffin was driven away in a hearse.
"It's like a part of me is missing. Some people talk about closure, but I couldn't handle seeing him in a coffin; I prefer to picture him alive," he says.
"This has to be the final nail in the coffin for Ofwat, a regulator that has time and again proven it is completely inadequate to protect customers and our beautiful environment," he said.
However, Ryan said having to carry her coffin from the hospital and through the public car park to the Mortuary was as difficult as burying his daughter a couple of days later.
"President Trump's 'America First' policy threatens to be a final nail in the coffin of the European steel industry," he warned.
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