COFFIN


Meaning of COFFIN in English

■ noun a long, narrow box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.

■ verb ( ~s , ~ing , ~ed ) place in a ~.

Origin

ME: from OFr. cofin 'little basket', from L. cophinus (see coffer ).

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