: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
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Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
On Monday, the coffin was moved within London to the cathedral, where a private Vigil with Rite of Reception and Vespers was held.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
His coffin was placed inside the crypt of the church.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
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Noun
On Monday, her husband, the Duke of Kent, and daughter Lady Helen Taylor appeared solemn as her coffin was taken by hearse from Kensington Palace to Westminster Cathedral for a private vigil.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
On Monday, the coffin was moved within London to the cathedral, where a private Vigil with Rite of Reception and Vespers was held.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
His coffin was placed inside the crypt of the church.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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