coffin
/ˈkɔfɪn/
verb
- To place a dead body in a coffin.
- They coffined their grandmother with her favorite blanket.
- The undertaker carefully coffined the body before the service.
- After the viewing, the family coffined the deceased for burial.
noun
- A long, narrow box in which a dead person is buried or cremated.
- Workers lowered the coffin into the grave with great care.
- The family chose a simple wooden coffin for the funeral.
- She placed a single rose on top of the coffin before it was closed.
- Something that encloses or confines in a way that suggests death or finality.
- The submarine became a steel coffin for the trapped crew.
- He described the cramped office as a coffin for his creativity.
- The old abandoned house felt like a coffin of memories.