With heads respectfully bowed, they carried the coffin up the steps and into the small chapel.
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Coffin
//ˈkɒfɪn//
Synonyms for "coffin" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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2 entriesat location
2 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
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1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
222 translations across 134 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- пхъэмбай noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Afrikaans
2 entries- doodskis noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kis noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Albanian
2 entries- arkivol noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- qivur noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Amharic
1 entries- የሬሳ ሣጥን noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λάρναξ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- σορός noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Antillean Creole
2 entries- simòsoplanch noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- sèkèy noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Arabic
2 entries- تابوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- تَابُوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Armenian
1 entries- դագաղ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Asturian
4 entries- andes (San Ciprián de Sanabria) noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- caxa noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- tumba noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- urna (Tox) noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tabut noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Bashkir
1 entries- табут noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Belarusian
4 entries- гроб noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- дамаві́на noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- дамо́ўка noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- труна́ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Bengali
1 entries- শবাধার noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ковче́г noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- полагам verb (place in a coffin)
Burmese
1 entries- ခေါင်း noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- baullu noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- lèttia noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Catalan
2 entries- fèretre noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- taüt noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Cebuano
1 entries- lungon noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دارەتەرم noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Chinese
2 entries- гуанцэ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- 棺柴 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 棺 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- 把……放入棺材 verb (place in a coffin)
Cornish
1 entries- logel noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- tabut noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Czech
1 entries- rakev noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Danish
2 entries- kiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ligkiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Dari
1 entries- تَابُوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Dutch
2 entries- doodskist noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kist noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Egyptian
1 entries- q:r-s-qs-w-Q6 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉerko noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Estonian
2 entries- kirst noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- puusärk noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Faroese
2 entries- kista noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- líkkista noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Finnish
3 entries- arkku noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ruumisarkku noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- laittaa arkkuun verb (place in a coffin)
French
1 entries- cercueil noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Galician
4 entries- ataúde noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- cadaleito noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- caixa noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- féretro noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Gallurese
1 entries- baulu noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Georgian
1 entries- კუბო noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
German
2 entries- Sarg noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- einsargen verb (place in a coffin)
Greek
1 entries- φέρετρο noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Gujarati
2 entries- કોફિન noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- પેટી noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sèkèy noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Hebrew
2 entries- אָרון noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- גְּלוֹסְקֵמָה noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Hindi
1 entries- ताबूत noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Hungarian
1 entries- koporsó noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Icelandic
3 entries- kista noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- líkkista noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kistuleggja verb (place in a coffin)
Ido
1 entries- sarko noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Ilocano
1 entries- lungon noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Indonesian
4 entries- keranda noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- peti jenazah noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- peti mati noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- peti mayat noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Ingrian
2 entries- groba noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ruumeenpuut noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- تابوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Irish
1 entries- cónra noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Italian
3 entries- bara noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- cassa da morto noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- feretro noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Japanese
3 entries- 棺 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- 棺桶 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- 納棺 verb (place in a coffin)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Kapampangan
1 entries- kabaung noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Kavalan
1 entries- kapangan noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Kazakh
1 entries- табыт noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Khmer
1 entries- មឈូស noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Korean
1 entries- 관 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- табыт noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Lao
3 entries- ຫີບສົບ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ໂລງ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ໂຮງ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Latgalian
2 entries- grobs noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- škiersts noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Latin
3 entries- arca noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- capulus noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- loculus noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Latvian
1 entries- zārks noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Lithuanian
1 entries- karstas noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Livonian
1 entries- zārka noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kašć noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Doudelued noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- Lued noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Macedonian
1 entries- ковчег noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Malay
1 entries- keranda noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Malayalam
1 entries- ശവപ്പെട്ടി noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Maltese
1 entries- tebut noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᠣᠪᠣ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Manx
2 entries- coavin noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kishtey keyl noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Marathi
3 entries- ताबूत noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- शवपेटिका noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- शवपेटी noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Mongolian
2 entries- авс noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ᠠᠪᠰᠠ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Māori
3 entries- kāwhena noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- puraku noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kāwhena verb (place in a coffin)
Neapolitan
1 entries- tauto noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Nepali
1 entries- टाँड noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Norman
2 entries- côffre noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- encôffrer verb (place in a coffin)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- darbest noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- tabût noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- gravkiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- likkiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- likkiste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Occitan
3 entries- ataüc noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- caissa noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- taüc noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تابوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Pacoh
1 entries- turang noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- труна noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Pashto
1 entries- تابوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Soakj noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Polabian
2 entries- lodo noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- lodo noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Polish
1 entries- trumna noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Portuguese
3 entries- ataúde noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- caixão noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- encaixotar verb (place in a coffin)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਕਫ਼ਨ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ਤਾਬੂਤ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Romanian
2 entries- coșciug noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- sicriu noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Romansch
1 entries- vaschè noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Russian
2 entries- гроб noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- домови́на noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Samogitian
1 entries- grabs noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Sardinian
1 entries- lettèra noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Sassarese
2 entries- bauri noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- littéra noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- ciste noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ciste-laighe noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ciste-mhairbhe noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kòvčeg noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- lijȇs noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- lȇs noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- ко̀вчег noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Sicilian
2 entries- cascia di mortu noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- tabbutu noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Silesian
1 entries- truła noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Slovak
1 entries- rakva noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Slovene
1 entries- krsta noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Spanish
4 entries- ataúd noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- caja mortuoria noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- cajón noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- féretro noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Swahili
1 entries- jeneza noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Swedish
2 entries- kista noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- likkista noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Tagalog
2 entries- ataul noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- kabaong noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Tajik
1 entries- тобут noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Tamil
1 entries- சவப்பெட்டி noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Tatar
1 entries- табут noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Telugu
1 entries- శవపేటిక noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Thai
3 entries- หีบศพ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- โลง noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- โลงศพ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Tibetan
1 entries- རོ་སྒམ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Turkish
1 entries- tabut noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Turkmen
1 entries- tabyt noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гріб noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- домови́на noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- труна́ noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Unami
1 entries- sikaxkw noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Urdu
1 entries- تابُوت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Uyghur
1 entries- تاۋۇت noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Uzbek
1 entries- tobut noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hòm noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- quan tài noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- săng noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Volapük
2 entries- sark noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- sarkön verb (place in a coffin)
Walloon
2 entries- lujhea noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- waxhea noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Welsh
1 entries- arch noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 棺材 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 棺木 noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָרון noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Yup'ik
1 entries- qunguq noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Zhuang
2 entries- faex noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
- gouh noun (box in which a dead person is buried)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
He thought his piano would make a good coffin for him.
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Until my coffin closes I will be your faithful spouse.
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The coffin was loaded into the hearse.
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