0 a long box in which the body of a dead person is buried or burned
1 a long box used to bury or cremate (= burn) a dead person
After the pets are mummified, they are put in a coffin or covered in bronze.
Each coffin takes about three months to build, so don’t wait too long to decide!
Finally, the bodies were put in coffins and buried in tombs.
If it were your funeral, what shape of coffin would you like?
Many people came to his funeral for a chance to see his body in the coffin before it was buried.
Sixty years later, funerals in Ghana are famous for fantastic coffins.
