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coffin

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒfɪn/

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Definition of coffin

noun

  • a long, narrow box, typically of wood, in which a dead body is buried or cremated: they lowered her coffin into the ground
  • informal an old and unsafe aircraft or ship: a clapped-out one-gun flying coffin

verb (coffins, coffining, coffined)

[with object]
  • put (a dead body) in a coffin: the young man was coffined decently

Origin:

Middle English (in the general sense 'box, casket'): from Old French cofin 'little basket or case', from Latin cophinus (see coffer)

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