coffin
IPA: kˈɔfɪn
noun
- A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- (cartomancy) The eighth Lenormand card.
- (archaic) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
- (obsolete) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
- The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
- A storage container for nuclear waste.
- (mining, obsolete) An exploratory trench used when first digging a mine.
- (by extension) A deep ditch.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To place in a coffin.
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