A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation. A shop window display of coffins at a Polish funeral director's office A casket showroom in Billings, Montana, depicting split lid coffins. Coffins are sometimes referred to as a casket, particularly in American English.
棺
かん
棺とは、遺体を納めて葬るための容器。
俗に、中身が入っていないものを棺、遺体が収められたものを「柩」とする説があるが、遺体が収められたものを家から火葬場に送り出すことを「出棺」といったり、棺に「ひつぎ」の訓があるように、「かん」と「ひつぎ」の使い分けはほとんどない。 ウィキペディア
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6 日前 · The meaning of COFFIN is a box or chest for burying a corpse.
Coffin definition: the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.. See examples of COFFIN used in a sentence.
COFFIN meaning: 1. a long box in which the body of a dead person is buried or burned 2. a long box in which the…. Learn more.