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| cof·fin [ káwfin, kóffin ] |
noun (plural cof·fins) |
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1. box for corpse: a long oblong container, usually made of wood, in which a dead body is placed for burial or cremation
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2. printing printing frame: a frame that holds electrotype or stereotype printing plates
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transitive verb (past and past participle cof·fined, present participle cof·fin·ing, 3rd person present singular cof·fins) |
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put somebody or something in coffin: to place somebody or something in a coffin or in something resembling a coffin
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| [14th century. Via Old French cof(f)in "little basket" < Latin cophinus "basket" < Greek kophinos] |
