COFFIN Meaning of COFFIN in English [cof.fin] n [ME, basket, receptacle, fr. MF cofin, fr. L cophinus] (1525): a box or chest for burying a corpse [2]coffin vt (1564): to enclose in or as if in a coffin Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012