: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
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Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
At one funeral in Ankara, the coffins of a family of five were lined up at the central Ahmet Hamdi Akseki mosque.
—Reuters, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Paul Wesley is getting back into the coffin… although not on camera this time.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, these regulations should be the final nail in the coffin for folks who were trying to use their 831(b) captive as a tax shelter.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In the end, this deception will just be another nail in the coffin of legacy media.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
At one funeral in Ankara, the coffins of a family of five were lined up at the central Ahmet Hamdi Akseki mosque.
—Reuters, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Paul Wesley is getting back into the coffin… although not on camera this time.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, these regulations should be the final nail in the coffin for folks who were trying to use their 831(b) captive as a tax shelter.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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