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coffin

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cof·fin  (kôfn, kfn)
n.
1. An oblong box in which a corpse is buried.
2. The horny part of a horse's hoof.
tr.v. cof·fined, cof·fin·ing, cof·fins
To place in or as if in a coffin.

[Middle English cofin, basket, from Old French, from Latin cophinus, from Greek kophinos.]

coffin [ˈkɒfɪn]
n
1. a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone
vb
1. (tr) to place in or as in a coffin
2. (Engineering / General Engineering) Engineering another name for flask [6]
[from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see coffer]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coffincoffin - box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
bier - a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard"
box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
sarcophagus - a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
Verb1.coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"
lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
Translations
coffin [ˈkɒfɪn] Nataúd m

coffin [ˈkɒfɪn] ncercueil m
to be a nail in the coffin of sth → être un coup funeste pour qch

coffin
nSarg m

coffin [ˈkɒfɪn] nbara
coffin [ˈkɒfɪn] nbara

coffin
n coffin [ˈkofin]
(Americanˈcasket) a box for a dead body to be buried or cremated in The coffin was placed in the grave. doodskis تابوت، نَعْش ковчег rakev kiste der Sarg φέρετρο ataúd puusärk تابوت ruumisarkku cercueil אָרוֹן מְתִים ताबूत lijes koporsó peti mati kista bara karstas zārks keranda kist likkiste trumna caixão sicriu гроб truhla, rakva krsta kovčeg likkista โลงศพ tabut 棺材 труна تابوت quan tài

coffin تابوت rakev kiste Sarg φέρετρο ataúd ruumisarkku cercueil lijes bara ひつぎ doodskist likkiste trumna caixão гроб kista หีบศพ tabut quan tài 棺材


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Already the coffin was standing in their midst--a plain but decent shell which had been bought ready-made.
Three days later the little princess was buried, and Prince Andrew went up the steps to where the coffin stood, to give her the farewell kiss.
Every corpse is a sphynx of immortality; here too on the black coffin the sphynx gave us no answer to what he who lay within had written two days before:
 
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