coffin
Meaning of coffin
noun
- a long, narrow box, typically of wood, in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
they lowered her coffin into the ground
- put (a dead body) in a coffin.
the young man was coffined decently
Middle English (in the general sense ‘box, casket’): from Old French cofin ‘little basket or case’, from Latin cophinus (see coffer).
Information about coffin
- The plural form of coffin is: coffins.
- Languages in which coffin is used:
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Hyphenation of coffin
cof-fin
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- coffin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
coffin synonyms
Meaning casket:
Meaning a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid:
Meaning a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece:
Meaning an ancient coffin or burial chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree:
Translation of coffin
Words that rhyme with coffin
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