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coffin

cof·fin

UK/ˈkɒfɪn/ US/ˈkɔfɪn/ common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

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verb

1.

place into a coffin

  • “her body was coffined”

Origin

From Middle English coffyn, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “a basket”). Doublet of coffer. Displaced native Old English þrūh.

Phrases

  • another nail in someone's coffin
  • another nail in the coffin
  • coffin birth
  • coffin bone
  • coffin corner
  • coffin dodger
  • coffin door
  • coffin fly

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