Coffin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.
  2. the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.
  3. Printing.
    • the bed of a platen press.
    • the wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press.
verb (used with object)
  1. to put or enclose in or as in a coffin.
noun
  1. U.S. abolitionist leader.
  2. U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
noun
  1. a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
  2. the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone
verb
  1. to place in or as in a coffin
  2. engineering another name for flask (def. 6)
Coffin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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