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coffin
[ kaw-fin, kof-in ]
/ ËkÉ fÉȘn, ËkÉf ÉȘn /
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noun
the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.
the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.
Printing.
- the bed of a platen press.
- the wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press.
verb (used with object)
to put or enclose in or as in a coffin.
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Origin of coffin
1300â50; Middle English cofin<Old North French <Latin cophinus<Greek kĂłphinos a kind of basket
OTHER WORDS FROM coffin
cof·fin·less, adjectiveun·cof·fin, verb (used with object)Words nearby coffin
coffee tree, coffer, cofferdam, coffered, Coffeyville, coffin, coffin bone, coffin corner, coffinite, coffin nail, coffle
Other definitions for coffin (2 of 2)
Coffin
[ kaw-fin, kof-in ]
/ ËkÉ fÉȘn, ËkÉf ÉȘn /
noun
Levi, 1798â1877, U.S. abolitionist leader.
Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892â1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
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British Dictionary definitions for coffin
coffin
/ (ËkÉfÉȘn) /
noun
a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone
verb
(tr) to place in or as in a coffin
engineering another name for flask (def. 6)
Word Origin for coffin
C14: from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see coffer
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