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Word: Coffin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘box, casket’): from Old French cofin ‘little basket or case’, from Latin cophinus (see coffer)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒfɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a long, narrow box, typically of wood, in which a dead body is buried or cremated
Short Definition:long, narrow box, in which dead body is buried or cremated
Examples:- they lowered her coffin into the ground
Word: Coffin
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒfɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
put (a dead body) in a coffin
Short Definition:put dead body in coffin
Examples:- the young man was coffined decently
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