: 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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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
This shape is a blend between a square and a coffin shape.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
One of the 6th-century burials had been placed in a log coffin, Birch said — and although most of the remains did not survive, a soil stain marked where it had been laid, along with a few cranial fragments.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Gaining these rights were the nails in the coffin of Jim Crow and a government that had approved segregation in America.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
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Noun
They were all laid to rest in a wooden coffin, which was a valuable material in this society.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
This shape is a blend between a square and a coffin shape.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
One of the 6th-century burials had been placed in a log coffin, Birch said — and although most of the remains did not survive, a soil stain marked where it had been laid, along with a few cranial fragments.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Gaining these rights were the nails in the coffin of Jim Crow and a government that had approved segregation in America.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coffin
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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