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COFFIN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COFFIN?

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Need another word that means the same as “coffin”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “coffin” in this overview.

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Coffin as a Noun
Definitions of "Coffin" as a noun
Synonyms of "Coffin" as a noun (3 Words)
Usage Examples of "Coffin" as a noun
Associations of "Coffin" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Coffin” are: casket, box, sarcophagus

Coffin as a Noun

Definitions of "Coffin" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “coffin” as a noun can have the following definitions:

An old and unsafe aircraft or ship.
Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated.
A long, narrow box, typically of wood, in which a dead body is buried or cremated.

Synonyms of "Coffin" as a noun (3 Words)

box	The quantity contained in a box. The flowchart contained many boxes.
casket	A small wooden box for cremated ashes. A small brass casket* containing four black opals.*
sarcophagus	A stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions.

Usage Examples of "Coffin" as a noun

They lowered her coffin into the ground.
A clapped-out one-gun flying coffin.

Associations of "Coffin" (30 Words)

bier	A movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which they are carried to the grave. We followed the bier* to the graveyard.*
burial	The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave. His remains were shipped home for burial.
bury	Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. He ran through to bury* a right foot shot inside the near post.*
casket	Enclose in a casket. A small brass casket* containing four black opals.*
cemetery	A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard. A military cemetery.
crypt	A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church.
entomb	Bury or trap within something. The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids.
epigraph	A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
epitaph	A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. The story makes a sorry epitaph* to a great career.*
excavate	Form by hollowing. Clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site.
funeral	A sermon delivered at a funeral. A funeral* service.*
grave	Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises. Grave responsibilities.
gravestone	A stone that is used to mark a grave.
ground	Of a batter be put out by hitting a ball on the ground to a fielder who throws it to or touches first base before the batter touches that base. A football ground.
inhume	Place in a grave or tomb. No hand his bones shall gather or inhume.
inscription	The action of inscribing something. The inscription* of memorable utterances on durable materials.*
inter	Place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. He was interred with the military honours due to him.
interment	The burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. The day of interment.
mausoleum	A large burial chamber, usually above ground. The cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal mausoleum.
mortician	One whose business is the management of funerals.
mortuary	Of or relating to or characteristic of death. A mortuary* temple.*
mummification	A condition resembling that of a mummy. Bureaucratic mummification* in red tape.*
necropolis	A tract of land used for burials.
pharaoh	A ruler in ancient Egypt. The time of the pharaohs.
plaque	A flat counter used in gambling. Plaque around gum margins can lead to gingivitis.
quietus	Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.
sarcophagus	A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
sepulcher	A chamber that is used as a grave.
tomb	A place for the burial of a corpse especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone. None escape the tomb.
tombstone	An advertisement listing the underwriters or firms associated with a new issue of shares, bonds, warrants, etc. His grin exposed his yellowed teeth like a row of tombstones.