Coffin
Old whaling dynasty
A coffin is a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated.
The word often implies a tapered hexagonal shape—wider at the shoulders, narrower at the feet—while casket suggests a rectangular box, though the terms are frequently interchangeable.
They lowered the coffin into the grave.
To coffin is to place in a coffin.
The final nail in the coffin is the last in a series of setbacks that ensures failure.
Burial container
- funeralService honoring the dead
- graveSerious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- burialPlacing deceased underground
pallbearer · hearse · interment · mortuary · undertaker · viewing · wake · lowering
Seagoing transport vessel
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- weightedMade intentionally heavier
- overboardOff a vessel's deck
- maritimeOf the sea
naval · captain · plank · voyage · ocean · deep · watery · grave
Blood-drinking undead creature
- DraculaLegendary Transylvanian vampire
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
undead · Halloween · horror · macabre · eerie · haunted · supernatural · nocturnal
Metal fastener or keratin plate
- finalLast and decisive
- deathCessation of life
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- fatePredetermined course of events
doomed · inevitable · end · cigarette · habit · demise · downfall · finishing
casket
Burial container
burial · pallbearer · hearse · interment · mortuary · undertaker · viewing · wake · lowering · vault
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
maritime · naval · captain · plank · voyage · ocean · deep · watery · grave · ceremony
vampire
Blood-drinking undead creature
- DraculaLegendary Transylvanian vampire
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
tomb · undead · Halloween · horror · macabre · eerie · haunted · supernatural · nocturnal · bat
nail
Metal fastener or keratin plate
fate · doomed · inevitable · end · cigarette · habit · demise · downfall · finishing · blow
mortality
State of eventual death
dead · demise · passing · repose · final · rest · afterlife · shroud · embalming · rigor
wooden
Made from timber
- boxLidded storage container
- rectangularFour right angles
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
hexagonal · lid · handles · hinges · lined · padded · oak · walnut · cherry · metal
Coffincradle
Rocking bed for infants
crib · womb · bassinet · incubator · birthing pool
Coffinopen sky
Unobstructed atmosphere above
open air · freedom · escape hatch · exit · release
Coffintree of life
Diagram of evolutionary connections
fountain of youth · birth certificate · wedding altar · nursery · garden
- final nail in the coffinLast act ensuring failure
- nail in coffinFinal contributing setback
- coffin nailsMorbid cigarette slang
- last nail in the coffinUltimate cause of failure
- glass coffinTransparent burial container
- tiny coffin