OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17775

coffin

/ˈkɒfɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ataúd • caja mortuoria • cajón • féretro • urna
A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
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[…] Passing the apple-tree blows of white and pink in the orchards, / Carrying a corpse to where it shall rest in the grave, / Night and day journeys a coffin.
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