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
Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
As rhythmic machines press zinc sheets into coffins, factory workers reflect on their own mortality.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Two coffins are also displayed on either side of the gallows, which sits beneath a second, larger Mexican flag, according to FNTV.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The waterless Wadi Hammamat between the Nile and the Red Sea was quarried for the siltstone formed from ancient river sediment that had hardened over millions of years to provide a limitless supply of stone coffins (sarcophagi).
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
The 1918 flu epidemic that swept the globe exhausted hospital facilities and, reportedly, the base ran out of coffins due to so many deaths.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
Yemeni military soldiers carry coffins during a funeral procession of Yemeni journalists killed in Israeli airstrikes on September 16, 2025 in Sana'a, Yemen.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025
The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
The Ferryman crams the Warren home with upright coffins filled with his former victims.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
Accompanying the gallows are mannequins in ponchos, coffins and additional Mexican flags.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
As rhythmic machines press zinc sheets into coffins, factory workers reflect on their own mortality.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Two coffins are also displayed on either side of the gallows, which sits beneath a second, larger Mexican flag, according to FNTV.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The waterless Wadi Hammamat between the Nile and the Red Sea was quarried for the siltstone formed from ancient river sediment that had hardened over millions of years to provide a limitless supply of stone coffins (sarcophagi).
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
The 1918 flu epidemic that swept the globe exhausted hospital facilities and, reportedly, the base ran out of coffins due to so many deaths.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
Yemeni military soldiers carry coffins during a funeral procession of Yemeni journalists killed in Israeli airstrikes on September 16, 2025 in Sana'a, Yemen.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025
The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
The Ferryman crams the Warren home with upright coffins filled with his former victims.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffins
Noun
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Average caskets run between $2,000 and $5,000 in the United States, but some made of mahogany, bronze or copper can cost upward of $10,000, according to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Consumer Advice department.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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The group staged a mock funeral procession in January 2021, with doctors carrying caskets on their shoulders, representing 384 people who had died in the nation’s smallest state of an overdose the previous year.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
4 Aug. 2025
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Found throughout Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa, dolmens are prehistoric megalithic stone structures, usually built as tombs or burial sites.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Instead of houses or shops, this was lined with the tombs of Termessos’ rich and mighty.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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According to the notice, the site uses a misleading logo, charges inflated prices and buries a disclaimer far down the page that does not meet state requirements.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Decades of work is on the line as the administration strips funding, guts agencies, scrubs resources and buries datasets.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Coffins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffins. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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