as in caskets
a boxlike container for holding a dead body
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Recent Examples of coffins
John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Other images released by state media on Tuesday show individuals preparing coffins draped in the Iranian flag -- some bearing photographs of children.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 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
The gold shipment In the final episodes, Choudhary orchestrates the transport of two tons of gold in 40 coffins, expecting the shipment to pass undetected through customs.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
They were given 45 minutes to get as many coffins into graves as possible.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
One captures a white concrete community mausoleum, its crypts often empty, like absent teeth cavities, its coffins stolen presumably for anything valuable inside.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Other images released by state media on Tuesday show individuals preparing coffins draped in the Iranian flag -- some bearing photographs of children.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 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
The gold shipment In the final episodes, Choudhary orchestrates the transport of two tons of gold in 40 coffins, expecting the shipment to pass undetected through customs.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
They were given 45 minutes to get as many coffins into graves as possible.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffins
Noun
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The American flag, first recognized by Congress in 1777, represents the nation in all sorts of ways — in battle, in parades, at ballgames, at the Olympics and even on caskets — and has evolved over the years.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Current Oklahoma law requires anyone selling caskets to be a licensed funeral director operating out of a funeral home.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
6 Feb. 2026
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New Year's Eve On the morning of New Year’s Eve, people sweep the tombs of their ancestors and then return home.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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The pyramids, the temples, the stunning gold jewelry found in royal tombs — all of these marvels depended on practical, everyday tools wielded by skilled hands.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Hang curtains wider and higher with enough fullness to achieve a designer look.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
19 Jan. 2026
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Are shower curtains a design staple of the past?—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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The Placer County Water Agency has mapped out $295 million in projects that will upgrade infrastructure, such as rebuilding plants and rehabbing buries pipes, from the foothills to the freeway.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Despite such doubts, Malaysia is positioning itself as Southeast Asia's hub for the alternative technology, a three-step process that captures, transports and buries carbon dioxide which contributes to climate change.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Coffins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffins. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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