coffin

• Substantivo que designa a caixa ou recipiente onde se coloca o corpo de um morto para sepultamento ou cremação.

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.

   Caixão

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

   Sinônimoscasketsarcophagus

• Verbo que significa colocar ou encerrar algo num caixão, ou guardar algo de forma segura.

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.

   Colocar no caixão

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

   Sinônimoscasket