Collocations for "coffin"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "coffin" in context.
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coffin
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [an oak, a mahogany, a pine] coffin
- a [wooden, wicker, cardboard, biodegradable] coffin
- [a, an Egyptian] mummy's coffin
- was buried (alive) in a coffin
- buried without a coffin
- carried the coffin (into)
- The coffin was lowered into the [ground, grave].
- [Dracula, The vampire, She] sleeps in a coffin.
- dated, slang: [a worn-out, an old, a dangerous] flying coffin
- idiom: was the final nail in the coffin
- idiom: was the nail in the coffin [of, for]
'coffin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):