Synonyms of coffins

coffins 1 of 2

noun

plural of coffin

as in caskets

a boxlike container for holding a dead body

coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires

Synonyms & Similar Words

• caskets
• tombs
• sarcophagi
• boxes
• urns
• biers
• vaults
• palls
• crypts
• sepulchres
• body bags
• charnels
• sepultures

coffins

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verb

present tense third-person singular of coffin

as in tombs

Related Words

• tombs
• entombs
• hearses
• curtains
• inters
• buries
• hides
• cloaks
• conceals
• shrouds
• shields
• ensconces
• shades
• puts away
• inhumes
• lays
• covers
• enshrouds
• obscures
• reburies
• reinters
• immures
• enshrines
• inurns

Dissimilar Words

• exhumes
• unearths
• disinters
• exhibits
• burns
• displays
• cremates
• reveals
• shows
• discloses
• exposes
• discovers
• bares
• uncoffins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of coffins

Noun

The group raised money for coffins by making and selling quilts. — Sea Stachura, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Local authorities will cover the cost of the whole process — from new coffins or urns to headstones at the new sites. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

An endless war of attrition benefits only the makers of weapons and coffins. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

In Pryluky’s town square, hundreds gathered around the coffins. — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Those beliefs have long shaped the role of traditional coffins in Chinese funeral customs. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

After the church service, the crowd climbed up a steep hill and followed the hearses transporting the coffins to a nearby cemetery. — Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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