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noun

ˈkȯ-fən How to pronounce coffin (audio)
Definition of coffinnext
as in casket
a boxlike container for holding a dead body coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires

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verb

as in to tomb

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Recent Examples of coffin
Noun
Last month, a mural in Tehran’s Palestine Square depicted members of the First Family above coffins draped in American flags. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 And this very thinking will be the nail in your freedom coffin. — Hanneke Antonelli, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 On the podcast, Sheridan acknowledged the Jimmy connection, while sticking in the nail in the coffin on the series. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 The coffin was covered with mud, and, before bringing it inside his house, Luwi cleaned it off with a bucket of water and a sponge. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coffin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffin
  1. casket
  2. tomb
  3. bury
  4. entomb
  5. inter
  6. hearse
Noun
  • The group then reconvened at the Glendale cemetery, where a priest said prayers over the casket, which was gently lowered into the ground as teary-eyed friends and family members watched.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • When his body was found, Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of casket
Verb
  • The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
    — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
Definition of tomb
Verb
  • Colonizers call it voluntary emigration, but there is nothing voluntary about fleeing after your home has been bombed, your fields poisoned, your water cut off and your child buried.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests, until the celebration fractures into a confrontation.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bury
Verb
  • Country music icon Dolly Parton will be entombed next to her husband Carl Thomas Dean in Tennessee.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The consensus seems to be that these bizarre objects, which were first discovered in 2022, are growing supermassive black holes entombed within huge clouds of gas that have spectrums similar to cool, red stars, such as red giants.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of entomb
Verb
  • Following the service, the King will be interred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress, alongside the late King Haakon VII, Queen Maud, King Olav V & Crown Princess Märtha.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Nisa Torer, 14, and 56-year-old Nihat Balyemez were interred in the southern city of Gaziantep, while Huseyin Ozdemir was buried in Silifke, Mersin province.
    — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of inter
Verb
  • Prior to his death, Philip specified his funeral plans and laid out the arrangements, from the music to the custom Land Rover hearse.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc.
    — Block Advisors Contributor, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Definition of hearse

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