noun a basket.
2. coffin ·vt to inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
3. coffin ·noun a conical paper bag, used by grocers.
4. coffin ·noun a casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
5. coffin ·noun the case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
6. coffin ·noun the hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.