Coffin Synonyms

kôfĭn, kŏfĭn
Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. casket
  2. box
  3. sarcophagus
  4. pall
  5. pine box
  6. catafalque
  7. burial urn
  8. casing
  9. funerary urn
  10. funerary vase
  11. funerary box
  12. mummy case
  13. ossuary
  14. urn

Words Related to Coffin

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Coffin Sentence Examples

  • It was a coffin with bones inside.

  • He lugged the coffin to the new portal and shoved it through.

  • Toward night candles were burning round his coffin, a pall was spread over it, the floor was strewn with sprays of juniper, a printed band was tucked in under his shriveled head, and in a corner of the room sat a chanter reading the psalms.

  • It is not therefore larceny to steal a corpse, but any removal of the coffin or grave-cloths is otherwise, such remaining the property of the persons who buried the body.

  • Try as he might, the mourning ladies of dreamland wouldn't return to the empty coffin.

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