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coffin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of coffin

a boxlike container for holding a dead body

  • coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
Synonyms of coffin

bier, box, casket, pall, sarcophagus
Words Related to coffin

charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault

urn

body bag

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