: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
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Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Brie Stimson, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
The top plate features a ghost, a wee gravestone, and a coffin.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The roughly seven-by-seven-foot monument, topped with a stone replica of a coffin adorned with firefighting tools, stands as silent witness to a time when this land did not crawl with life.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Lightner and his boss grab a scroll from a coffin and then get outta there, locking the aboveground grave on their way out.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The coffins contained the skeletons of five women, two men and three children.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
The top plate features a ghost, a wee gravestone, and a coffin.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The roughly seven-by-seven-foot monument, topped with a stone replica of a coffin adorned with firefighting tools, stands as silent witness to a time when this land did not crawl with life.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Lightner and his boss grab a scroll from a coffin and then get outta there, locking the aboveground grave on their way out.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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