His coffin was laid to rest in a deep grave.
The cards are coffined in their boxes (Thackeray).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cof|fin|ite — «KF uh nyt, KOF », noun. a black mineral, silicate of uranium, like coal in appearance, rich in uranium. Formula: USiO4 ╂[< Reuben C. Coffin, born 1886, an American geologist] … Useful english dictionary
cof·fin — /ˈkɑːfən/ noun, pl fins [count] : a box in which a dead person is buried a nail in the/someone s coffin see ↑nail, 1 … Useful english dictionary
en|cof|fin — «ehn KF uhn, KOF », transitive verb. to put or enclose in a coffin … Useful english dictionary
cof — cof·fea; cof·fee; cof·fer·er; cof·fer·ing; cof·fin·less; cof·fle; cof·fre; cof·fret; cof·fer; cof·fin; … English syllables
fin — af·fin·i·tive; af·fin·i·ty; al·fin; an·thra·ru·fin; ar·ci·fin·i·ous; ar·gen·taf·fin; bif·fin; bof·fin; chro·maf·fin; cof·fin·less; con·fin·i·ty; cuf·fin; de·fin·abil·i·ty; de·fin·able; de·fin·er; de·fin·i·en·dum; de·fin·i·ens; de·fin·i·tive·ly;… … English syllables
coffin — cof·fin … English syllables
coffin — cof|fin [ˈkɔfın US ˈko: , ˈka: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: cophin, from Latin cophinus basket , from Greek kophinos] a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt American Equivalent: casket →a nail in sb s/sth s coffin at… … Dictionary of contemporary English
coffin bone — cof·fin bone kȯ fən n the bone enclosed within the hoof of the horse called also pedal bone * * * the third or distal phalanx of the foot of a horse; called also pedal b. and os pedis … Medical dictionary
Coffin-Siris syndrome — Cof·fin Sir·is syndrome (kofґin sirґis) [G.S. Coffin; Evelyn Siris, American radiologist, 1914–1987] see under syndrome … Medical dictionary
coffin — cof|fin [ kafın ] noun count ** a long box in which a dead person is buried => NAIL1 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
