1. a long wooden box in which a dead person is buried or cremated

1. to place in or as if in a coffin
Usage: formal

Examples

• The coffin was made of polished oak wood.
• Family members gathered around the coffin at the funeral service.
• They lowered the coffin into the ground during the burial ceremony.
• The funeral director helped them choose an appropriate coffin.
• She was coffined in her wedding dress.
• The old traditions were coffined by modern practices.