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noun

coffin

CEFR B1

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

In a sentence

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  • The pharaoh's coffin was nested inside two larger ones, each covered in gold leaf and painted eyes.

    History

  • The crypt's shelves were cut to hold one coffin each, and the stone still shows the mason's chisel marks.

    Architecture

  • The comedy's running joke is a coffin that will not fit through any doorway in the old family house.

    Movies

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