coffin
[ kaw-fin, kof-in ]
/ ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn /
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.
Origin of coffin
1300–50; Middle English
cofin < Old North French < Latin
cophinus < Greek
kóphinos a kind of basket
OTHER WORDS FROM coffin
cof·fin·less, adjective un·cof·fin, verb (used with object)Words nearby coffin
Definition for coffin (2 of 2)
Coffin
[ kaw-fin, kof-in ]
/ ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn /
noun
Levi,1798–1877,
U.S. abolitionist leader.
Robert P(eter) Tristram,1892–1955,
U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
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British Dictionary definitions for coffin
coffin
/ (ˈkɒfɪn) /
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