coffin

A noun referring to a box or container in which a dead body is buried or cremated.

• 🇩🇪Ein Kasten oder Behälter, in dem ein Verstorbener bestattet oder eingeäschert wird.

1. Burial container B1 formal

   A long, narrow box in which a dead person is buried or cremated.

   • The coffin was carried by six pallbearers.
   • They lowered the coffin into the grave.
   • The family chose a simple wooden coffin for the funeral.

   🇩🇪Sarg

   Synonyme: casketsarcophagus

• coffins plural form
• coffins' possessive plural form
• coffin's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to place or enclose something in a coffin, or to store something securely.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, etwas oder jemanden in einen Sarg zu legen oder zu verschließen, oder etwas sicher aufzubewahren.

1. Place into a coffin B2 formal

   To place a dead body into a coffin for burial or cremation.

   • The family watched as the body was coffined for the funeral.
   • The undertaker carefully coffined the deceased.
   • They coffined the remains before the ceremony.

   🇩🇪in einen Sarg legen

   Synonyme: casket

• coffined past participle
• coffined past simple
• coffining present participle
• coffins third person singular