coffin
21coffin — [[t]kɒ̱fɪn, AM kɔ͟ːfɪn[/t]] coffins 1) N COUNT A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. 2) PHRASE: oft PHR of n If you say that one thing is a nail in the coffin of another thing, you mean that it will help bring about its… …
22coffin — /ˈkɒfən / (say kofuhn) noun 1. the box or case in which a corpse is placed for burial. 2. the part of a horse s foot containing the coffin bone. –verb (t) 3. to put or enclose in or as in a coffin. {Middle English cofin, from Old French: small… …
23Coffin — Recorded in many forms including Caffin, Coffin, Caffyn, Chafen and Chaffin, this interesting name is English. It is however a Norman French introduction, after the 1066 Invasion, and is a medieval descriptive nickname. The original development… …
24coffin — n. to lower a coffin into a grave * * * [ kɒfɪn] to lower a coffin into a grave …
25coffin */*/ — UK [ˈkɒfɪn] / US [ˈkɑfɪn] noun [countable] Word forms coffin : singular coffin plural coffins a long box in which a dead person is buried • See: nail I …
26coffin — cof•fin [[t]ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn[/t]] n. 1) the box in which the body of a dead person is buried; casket 2) dch the part of a horse s foot containing the coffin bone 3) to put in or as if in a coffin • Etymology: 1300–50; ME cofin < ONF < L… …
27Coffin — (Cof fin) Variations: Casket, Kophinos, Pall The words coffin and casket are often used interchangeably, but in truth they are two different things. Strictly speaking, a coffin is a six sided wooden container that is intended to house a human… …
28coffin — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, basket, receptacle, from Anglo French, from Latin cophinus Date: 1525 a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket II. transitive verb Date: 1564 to enclose in or as if in a coffin …
29Coffin — /kaw fin, kof in/, n. 1. Levi, 1798 1877, U.S. abolitionist leader. 2. Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892 1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer. * * * the receptacle in which a corpse is confined. The Greeks and Romans disposed of their dead …
30coffin — 1. noun /ˈkɒfɪn/ An oblong closed box in which a dead person is buried. Syn: casket 2. verb /ˈkɒfɪn/ To place in a coffin. The chest in which she is coffined washes ashore and is brought to the Lord Cerimon …
