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plural of coffin
Synonyms of coffins
(Entry 1 of 2)
a boxlike container for holding a dead body
- coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
Synonyms for coffins
- biers,
- boxes,
- caskets,
- palls,
- sarcophagi
- (also sarcophaguses)
Words Related to coffins
- charnels
- (also charnel houses),
- crypts,
- sepulchres
- (or sepulchers),
- sepultures,
- tombs,
- vaults
coffins
verb
present tense third-person singular of coffin
Synonyms & Antonyms of coffins (Entry 2 of 2)
as in buries, tombs
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“Coffins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffins. Accessed 27 Sep. 2022.
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