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coffin

DEFINITIONS OF: coffin

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n box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

Synonyms:
casket
Types:
bier
a coffin along with its stand
sarcophagus
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
Type of:
box
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

v place into a coffin

“her body was coffined
Type of:
lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location
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