coffin

• Sustantivo que designa una caja o recipiente en el que se entierra o se incinera el cuerpo de una persona fallecida.

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

1. Burial containerB1formal

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

   Ataúd

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

   Sinónimoscasketsarcophagus

• Verbo que significa poner o encerrar algo en un ataúd, o guardar o almacenar algo de forma segura, como en una caja o recipiente.

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

1. Place into a coffinB2formal

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

   Poner en un ataúd

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

   Sinónimoscasket