coffin

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔfɪn/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
  2. verb place into a coffin

Etymology

From Middle English coffyn, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “a basket”). Doublet of coffer.

In classic literature

Synonyms

casket

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
box
Narrower (hyponyms)
bier, sarcophagus

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