coffin

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cof·fin

(kô′fĭn, kŏf′ĭn)

1. An oblong box in which a corpse is buried.

2. The horny part of a horse's hoof.

tr.v. cof·fined, cof·fin·ing, cof·fins

To place in or as if in a coffin.

[Middle English cofin, basket, from Old French, from Latin cophinus, from Greek kophinos.]

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coffin

(ˈkɒfɪn)

1. a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

2. (Zoology) the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone

3. (tr) to place in or as in a coffin

4. (General Engineering) engineering another name for flask⁶

[C14: from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see coffer]

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cof•fin

(ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪn)

n.

1. the box in which the body of a dead person is buried; casket.

2. the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.

v.t.

3. to put in or as if in a coffin.

[1300–50; Middle English cofin < Old North French < Latin cophinus < Greek kóphinos basket]

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Noun	1.	coffin - box in which a corpse is buried or cremated casket bier - a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard" box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" sarcophagus - a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
Verb	1.	coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Translations

تابوتتَابُوتتابوت، نَعْش

rakev

kiste

ĉerko

ruumisarkku

lijes

koporsó

kerandapeti jenazahpeti matipeti mayat

kista

bara feretro

ひつぎ棺

관

karstas

zārks

krsta

kovčeg

kista

หีบศพ

tabut

quan tài

棺材

coffin

[ˈkɒfɪn] N → ataúd m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

coffin

[ˈkɒfɪn] n → cercueil m
to be a nail in the coffin of sth → être un coup funeste pour qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

coffin

n → Sarg m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

coffin

[ˈkɒfɪn] n → bara

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

coffin

(ˈkofin) noun

(American ˈcasket) a box for a dead body to be buried or cremated in. The coffin was placed in the grave.

coffin

→ تَابُوت rakev kiste Sarg φέρετρο ataúd ruumisarkku cercueil lijes bara ひつぎ 관 doodskist likkiste trumna caixão гроб kista หีบศพ tabut quan tài 棺材

coffin

n. ataúd, caja.

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There was some heathenish, coffin-colored old lumber aboard, which, upon a long previous voyage, had been cut from the aboriginal groves of the Lackaday islands, and from these dark planks the coffin was recommended to be made.

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The body rested in a fine mahogany coffin fitted with a plate of glass.

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Then did a roaring wind tear the folds apart: whistling, whizzing, and piercing, it threw unto me a black coffin.

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On Saturday we breakfasted before daylight and got into the wagon with the coffin. Jake and Jelinek went ahead on horseback to cut the body loose from the pool of blood in which it was frozen fast to the ground.

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"Done the coffin?" said Lisbeth, following him, and knitting uninterruptedly, though she looked at her son very anxiously.

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I run in the parlor and took a swift look around, and the only place I see to hide the bag was in the coffin. The lid was shoved along about a foot, show- ing the dead man's face down in there, with a wet cloth over it, and his shroud on.

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Holding his candle so that he could read the coffin plates, and so holding it that the sperm dropped in white patches which congealed as they touched the metal, he made assurance of Lucy's coffin.

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Already the coffin was standing in their midst--a plain but decent shell which had been bought ready-made.

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Sowerberry,' said the beadle, as he thrust his thumb and forefinger into the proferred snuff-box of the undertaker: which was an ingenious little model of a patent coffin. 'I say you'll make your fortune, Mr.

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Three days later the little princess was buried, and Prince Andrew went up the steps to where the coffin stood, to give her the farewell kiss.

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Between the vases is a cheerful decoration of preserved coffin plates -- five in all, pertaining respectively to Janet's father and mother, a brother, her sister Anne, and a hired man who died here once!

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And as he spoke the word he was again in his home; the long white curtains hung down from the windows, and in the middle of the floor stood the black coffin; in it he lay in the sleep of death.