Coffin
noun
A box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
He was buried in a wooden coffin.
Often appears as...
- wooden coffin
- open coffin
verb
To put a dead body in a coffin.
After he died, they coffined his body.
Often appears as...
- coffin the body
- coffin the remains
noun
A part of a machine or structure that resembles a coffin.
They found the problem in the coffin of the machine.
Often appears as...
- machine coffin
- mechanical coffin
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
He was buried in a wooden coffin.
Often appears as...
- wooden coffin
- open coffin
verb
To put a dead body in a coffin.
After he died, they coffined his body.
Often appears as...
- coffin the body
- coffin the remains
noun
A part of a machine or structure that resembles a coffin.
They found the problem in the coffin of the machine.
Often appears as...
- machine coffin
- mechanical coffin
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Often Formal
The term 'coffin' is used in formal contexts or discussions about death and funerals.
The family chose a simple pine coffin for the ceremony.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Talking about coffins can be sensitive, as it relates to death which is a delicate subject for many.
She didn't mention the coffin out of respect for her grieving friend.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
The word 'coffin' often evokes strong visual imagery and can be used metaphorically to represent the end.
The abandoned house looked like a coffin of forgotten memories.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Formal
The term 'coffin' is used in formal contexts or discussions about death and funerals.
The family chose a simple pine coffin for the ceremony.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Talking about coffins can be sensitive, as it relates to death which is a delicate subject for many.
She didn't mention the coffin out of respect for her grieving friend.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
The word 'coffin' often evokes strong visual imagery and can be used metaphorically to represent the end.
The abandoned house looked like a coffin of forgotten memories.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Formal
The term 'coffin' is used in formal contexts or discussions about death and funerals.
The family chose a simple pine coffin for the ceremony.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Talking about coffins can be sensitive, as it relates to death which is a delicate subject for many.
She didn't mention the coffin out of respect for her grieving friend.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
The word 'coffin' often evokes strong visual imagery and can be used metaphorically to represent the end.
The abandoned house looked like a coffin of forgotten memories.
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Video examples
Lee Mokobe: A powerful...
I will be the best attraction. Can you see how easy it is to talk people into coffins, to misspell their names on gravestones. And people still wonder why there are boys rotting, they go away in high school hallways they are afraid of becoming another hashtag in a second
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A Fun, Animated History...
heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about god when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such as when the coin in the coffin clings
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The genius of Marie...
If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,
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Coffin Maker PIPE National...
restaurant owner this passenger plane for an international businessman the lion commemorates a powerful tribal chief of the rooster humble farmer each coffin celebrates the life of a loved one I think I need more work for
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Baby Albatross Encounter...
So it's really the last nail in the coffin. There's hardly any nests that have chicks on them. So each one of those chicks is very, very precious. Every day we were going to that colony, you see all these empty nests.
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Controlling time through...
communicating maybe all the people who said he was dead just didn't know our secrets and I was the only one who knew that he didn't die on the third day they put him in the coffin and buried him in the ground
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Screaming Mummy Mystery...
was mummified which the Egyptians believed would allow him to live on after death but he was denied any of the protective magic which would allow him to reach the next world but the coffin
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DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D...
go moment of truth oh that's not good got a lot of failures here we got a problem we need to really know if it's an emergency they pretty soon you realize you're in this metal coffin
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Examining A Lost Queen PIPE...
they have been there for centuries without coffins without wrappings some believe they were moved from the original resting place hidden away by priests to protect them from tomb
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Tutankhamun's True...
who arose from the dead to live again as king of the afterlife. Ancient Egyptians painted the symbol on the bottom of coffins and wrapped the mummy with djed amulets
Video examples
Lee Mokobe: A powerful...
I will be the best attraction. Can you see how easy it is to talk people into coffins, to misspell their names on gravestones. And people still wonder why there are boys rotting, they go away in high school hallways they are afraid of becoming another hashtag in a second
Video examples
A Fun, Animated History...
heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about god when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such as when the coin in the coffin clings
Video examples
The genius of Marie...
If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,
Video examples
Coffin Maker PIPE National...
restaurant owner this passenger plane for an international businessman the lion commemorates a powerful tribal chief of the rooster humble farmer each coffin celebrates the life of a loved one I think I need more work for
Video examples
Baby Albatross Encounter...
So it's really the last nail in the coffin. There's hardly any nests that have chicks on them. So each one of those chicks is very, very precious. Every day we were going to that colony, you see all these empty nests.
Video examples
Controlling time through...
communicating maybe all the people who said he was dead just didn't know our secrets and I was the only one who knew that he didn't die on the third day they put him in the coffin and buried him in the ground
Video examples
Screaming Mummy Mystery...
was mummified which the Egyptians believed would allow him to live on after death but he was denied any of the protective magic which would allow him to reach the next world but the coffin
Video examples
DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D...
go moment of truth oh that's not good got a lot of failures here we got a problem we need to really know if it's an emergency they pretty soon you realize you're in this metal coffin
Video examples
Examining A Lost Queen PIPE...
they have been there for centuries without coffins without wrappings some believe they were moved from the original resting place hidden away by priests to protect them from tomb
Video examples
Tutankhamun's True...
who arose from the dead to live again as king of the afterlife. Ancient Egyptians painted the symbol on the bottom of coffins and wrapped the mummy with djed amulets
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jeff Buckley
American Musician
I'm not 'Grace.' That album is like a brick onto itself. It's like a coffin that I put certain feelings and observations in so that they can be capsulized forever. I wanted to put them there so I would be free to move on.
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Nigel Pearson
English Coach
I love the other side of life, I like to do what interests me. People talk about bucket lists - I hate that. You might as well call it the coffin list.
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Ville Valo
Finnish Musician
Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
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Alexandra Daddario
American Actress
That's a very scary thing to think about, being trapped in a coffin.
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Fred Allen
American Comedian
I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
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Bertolt Brecht
German Poet
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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John Philpot Curran
Irish Public Servant
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
Quote examples
Jeff Buckley
American Musician
I'm not 'Grace.' That album is like a brick onto itself. It's like a coffin that I put certain feelings and observations in so that they can be capsulized forever. I wanted to put them there so I would be free to move on.
Quote examples
Nigel Pearson
English Coach
I love the other side of life, I like to do what interests me. People talk about bucket lists - I hate that. You might as well call it the coffin list.
Quote examples
Ville Valo
Finnish Musician
Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
Quote examples
Alexandra Daddario
American Actress
That's a very scary thing to think about, being trapped in a coffin.
Quote examples
Fred Allen
American Comedian
I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.
Quote examples
Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
Quote examples
Bertolt Brecht
German Poet
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
Quote examples
John Philpot Curran
Irish Public Servant
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
Example 1 of 10
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