coffin

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒfɪn/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɔfɪn/
• (US) (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑfɪn/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular coffin

Plural coffins

A coffin.

1. (countable) A coffin is a box used to keep the dead body of a person.
   • Synonym: casket

   The family of Mary were very hurt to see her laying in her coffin.

   After Mary's funeral was over, they took her coffin out of the church.

Verb

Plain form coffin

Third-person singular coffins

Past tense coffined

Past participle coffined

Present participle coffining

1. (transitive) When you coffin a dead person, you place his or her body into a coffin.
   • Synonym: encoffin