Synonyms for coffin
ˈkɔ fɪn, ˈkɒf ɪncof·fin

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1. coffinnoun

   Synonyms:
   casket, encoffin

2. coffinverb

   To place in a coffin.

   Synonyms:
   casket, encoffin

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 8 votes

1. coffin, casketverb

   box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

   Synonyms:
   casket, jewel casket

2. coffinverb

   place into a coffin

   "her body was coffined"

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. coffinnoun

   Synonyms:
   casket

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "coffin":

   casket

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. coffin

   Synonyms:
   Casket

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1. Alex Dunn:

   I did n’t want to believe that it was really happening, but when he stepped on the flag – I just thought about all these men and women who fought for that flag that he just walked on – all these men and women who’ve come home with that flag draped over their coffin.

2. President Biden:

   These burn pits that incinerate waste, the waste of war, medical and hazardous material, jet fuel and so much more, and they come home, many of the fittest and best-trained warriors in the world, never the same, headaches, numbness, dizziness, a cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin.

3. Jeanne Calment:

   When I'm laid in my coffin, I want you to put a picture of my grandchild to the right of me and and a picture of my daughter to my left. That way they will be buried with me.

4. Per Karsten:

   You can only speculate as to whether The CT was one of Winstrup's next of kin, or whether someone else took the opportunity while preparing the coffin. But we hope to be able to clarify any kinship through a DNA test.

5. Zell Miller:

   It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.