: 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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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2025
Late free throws by Brown and White, followed by a White layup and Brown’s coffin-nail dunk, closed out another impressive win for the Celtics.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
The Cocoon weighs only 30 kg (66 lb) as compared to the 109-kg (240-lb) traditional coffin.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
And there was this huge glass coffin with what appeared to be a sleeping but breathing, giant blue woman inside.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Noun
On March 18, 1997, thousands of fans packed the streets to pay their respects to the Brooklyn rapper, as a hearse with his coffin inside rolled through the borough.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2025
Late free throws by Brown and White, followed by a White layup and Brown’s coffin-nail dunk, closed out another impressive win for the Celtics.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
The Cocoon weighs only 30 kg (66 lb) as compared to the 109-kg (240-lb) traditional coffin.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
And there was this huge glass coffin with what appeared to be a sleeping but breathing, giant blue woman inside.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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 8 Dec. 2025.
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