Definition of Coffin

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Coffin

The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

A basket.

A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

A conical paper bag, used by grocers.

The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

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Coffin Quotations

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.
Fred Allen

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
H. L. Mencken

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
Henry Ward Beecher

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
Bertolt Brecht

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white.
Anne Rice

Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.
Joe Baca

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
Christian Nestell Bovee

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin.
Tobe Hooper

When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!
Rick Wakeman

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.
Michael Beschloss

Coffin Translations

coffin in Dutch is doodkist, kist
coffin in French is cercueil
coffin in German is Sarg
coffin in Italian is feretro
coffin in Latin is arca archa
coffin in Norwegian is kiste
coffin in Swedish is kista, likkista

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