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

2 of 2

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

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

The excavation, carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission under the supervision of the SCA, also uncovered pottery coffins, as well as a collection of incense burners, oil lamps, and funerary amulets. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026

In the mid-nineteenth century, the abolitionist Henrietta Bowers Duterte operated an Underground Railroad stop in her Philadelphia funeral home, hiding fugitive slaves in coffins. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Several trucks arrived with coffins throughout Monday, according to the cemetery worker who spoke to CNN. — Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Some reached out to touch the truck, which was also carrying the coffins of some of Khamenei’s family members. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 July 2026