coffin

Definition

  • noun: a box in which a dead person is buried
  • noun: a box or chest for burying a corpse
  • verb: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
  • synonyms: basket, box, casket

Examples

  • Every mistake is one more 'nail in the coffin' of his professional baseball career.

  • The lawyers put another 'nail in her coffin' today.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Will do. Don't want no one else getting hurt, do we? This is incredible. It's so light and open, you know? What did you expect, coffins and dungeons and moats? No, not the moats. Not the moats. This is the one place we don't have to hide. I told them not to do this. (..)
    2008 Twilight