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Synonyms for coffin
ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪncof·fin

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Wiktionary1.8 / 5 votes

  1. coffinnoun

    Synonyms:
    casket, encoffin

  2. coffinverb

    To place in a coffin.

    Synonyms:
    casket, encoffin

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 8 votes

  1. coffin, casketverb

    box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

    Synonyms:
    casket, jewel casket

  2. coffinverb

    place into a coffin

    "her body was coffined"

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. coffinnoun

    Synonyms:
    casket

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "coffin":

    casket

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD3.0 / 1 vote

  1. coffin

    Synonyms:
    Casket

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How to use coffin in a sentence?

  1. Carla Ferrigno:

    I am going public (now) because I am just one more person who puts the nail in his coffin.

  2. Michael Ibsen:

    I have to confess there have been times when I've stood back at the end of the day alone in the workshop and think' gosh I'm making Richard III's coffin'.

  3. Daniel DiSalvo:

    It’s not a nail in the coffin for these unions, they’ll still be big and they’ll still be powerful. Overnight the public unions in these states are not going anywhere.

  4. Joe Biden:

    I think you're going to see a significant change in the politics of the country, and I think lot of it had to do with the way in which the administration has treated people, i think the nail that maybe have put in the coffin this time was the way in which the administration responded to John McCain death, and the way it came across as being so nakedly... almost un-American. It was just raw. It wasn't -- it's not who we are.

  5. Per Karsten:

    You can only speculate as to whether The CT was one of Winstrup's next of kin, or whether someone else took the opportunity while preparing the coffin. But we hope to be able to clarify any kinship through a DNA test.


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