coffin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus (“‘basket’”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kophinos), “‘basket’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒfɪn/
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• Rhymes: -ɒfɪn

[edit] Noun

coffin (plural coffins)

1. An oblong closed box in which a dead person is buried.

[edit] Usage notes

The type of coffin with upholstery and a half-open lid (mostly in the United States) is called a casket.

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• casket (US)

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• coffin ride

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[edit] Verb

to coffin (third-person singular simple present coffins, present participle coffining, simple past and past participle coffined)

1. (transitive) To place in a coffin.
   • 2007: The chest in which she is coffined washes ashore and is brought to the Lord Cerimon — Barbara Everett, ‘Making and Breaking in Shakespeare's Romances’, London Review of Books 29:6, p. 21

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