noun#5,594 by frequency
coffin
/ˈkɒfɪn/
A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial
- plural
- coffins
Meanings
- 1
A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial
Tom looked into the coffin.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom lies in this coffin.
Tatoeba · Ergulis · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The eighth Lenormand cardrare
- 3
A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pierare
- 4
A conical paper bag, used by grocersrare
- 5
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bonerare
- 6
A storage container for nuclear wasterare
- 7
A combination fence obstacle where the horse jumps a set of rails, strides downhill to a ditch, and then goes back uphill to another jumprare
- 8
An exploratory trench used when first digging a minerare
- 9
A deep ditchrare