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coffin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of COFFIN

a boxlike container for holding a dead body <coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires>

Synonyms bier, box, casket, pall, sarcophagus

Related Words charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault; urn; body bag

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