: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
Examples of coffin in a Sentence
Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
There are monks and chainsaws and coffins and pops of yellow, and each costume makes Cumming howl in laughter.
—Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
And maybe that goal will end up being one of the final nails in the coffin, too.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Dozens of people, including relatives, military officials and friends from Gvili’s police unit, received his coffin at an army post on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The final nail in Adofo-Mensah's coffin may have been the decision to prioritize McCarthy over re-signing quarterback Sam Darnold.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
There are monks and chainsaws and coffins and pops of yellow, and each costume makes Cumming howl in laughter.
—Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
And maybe that goal will end up being one of the final nails in the coffin, too.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Dozens of people, including relatives, military officials and friends from Gvili’s police unit, received his coffin at an army post on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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