Topic: DEATH
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | cophin, from Latin cophinus 'basket', from Greek kophinos |
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cof‧fin
[countable]
[countable]MX a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt [= casket American English]
➔ a nail in somebody's/something's coffin
at nail1 (3)WORD FOCUS: dieWORD FOCUS: die a ceremony for someone who has died: funeral a ceremony at which someone who has died is buried or burned
burial when someone's body is put into the ground
cremation when someone's body is burned
hearse a large car that takes the body to the funeral
coffin a box in which someone is buried or carried to the funeral
grave the place where someone is buried
graveyard/cemetery an area where dead people are buried
undertaker someone who arranges funerals
the mourners the people at a funeraldie
➔ See also die
