Synonym: casket. Similar words: public office, puffing, affinity, sniffing, in the offing, coffer, coffee, office. Meaning: ['kɒfɪn] 
n. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. v. place into a coffin.
n. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. v. place into a coffin. 181. But Coffin no longer disliked this; he might let his own hair lengthen.
182. They followed the coffin on to the boat and took their seats in the front row.
183. But, through a tawdry heap of bushes, he watched the procession and the bare wooden coffin lifted by altar boys.
184. There was a wreath of laurel, intertwined with daffodils, on the coffin.
185. It was a final nail in the Government's coffin.
186. When one's coffin is covered , all discussion about him can be settled.
187. A cool $500,000 is to be spent on obtaining genuine 17th-century air from the inside of, wait for it, an occupied lead coffin.
188. The coffin was carried by six soldiers walking in lockstep .
189. She watched his face, as the coffin was lowered into the ground. As soon as it was decent, he plunged through the crowd towards the cars.