coffin
noun
the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.
coffins
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pluralof coffin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Wolfe also acquired more than 100 Ghanaian fantasy coffins — figurative sculptures, some stretching 10 to 12 feet long, also known as Fantastic Afterlife Vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The two brothers' coffins, draped in the Iran-backed group's yellow flag, portraits of them in camouflage fatigues fixed to the front, led the procession through the village battered by repeated conflict over nearly three years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Investors went ga-ga over industrial agglomerations for tin, oil, electric utilities, flour, furniture, copper, pottery, leather, borax, oatmeal, even coffins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Inside, I do a double-take: the men working inside are hammering together wooden coffins.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Turned out he’d been cheating folks for years, shorting their coffins and burial plots by six inches to a foot while charging full price.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
