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Definition coffin

Etymology

From Middle English cofin, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek ??????? (kóphinos, “a basket”).

Noun

coffin (plural coffins)

1. A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
2. (cartomancy) The eighth Lenormand card.
3. (obsolete) A basket.
4. (archaic) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
5. (obsolete) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
6. The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

Verb

coffin (third-person singular simple present coffins, present participle coffining, simple past and past participle coffined)

1. (transitive) To place in a coffin.

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