coffin
Final resting vessel
A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
The word traditionally refers to the six-sided, shoulder-tapered shape, while casket describes the rectangular style common in American funerals—though the terms are often used interchangeably.
To coffin is to place in a coffin.
The final nail in the coffin is the last in a series of problems that ensures failure.
Burial container
- funeralService honoring the dead
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- graveSerious and worrying
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
crypt · cemetery · graveyard · hearse · pallbearer · undertaker · mortician · embalm
Cessation of life
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
ghastly · creepy · sinister · ominous · sombre · lugubrious · dreadful · haunting
Made from timber
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- oakQuercus genus member
- mahoganyReddish-brown tropical lumber
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
hardwood · lid · handles · lining · satin · velvet · brass · nails
Lasting without end
- restCessation of activity
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
final · sleep · stillness · silence · quietude · serenity · tranquility · everlasting
Carved stone burial container
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- EgyptianRelating to the pharaohs' land
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
Viking · New Orleans · fantasy · Ghana · elaborate · ornate · traditional · religious
casket
Burial container
tomb · crypt · cemetery · graveyard · hearse · pallbearer · undertaker · mortician · embalm · shroud
death
Cessation of life
gruesome · ghastly · creepy · sinister · ominous · sombre · lugubrious · dreadful · haunting · spectral
wooden
Made from timber
cedar · hardwood · lid · handles · lining · satin · velvet · brass · nails · joinery
eternal
Lasting without end
slumber · final · sleep · stillness · silence · quietude · serenity · tranquility · everlasting · end
sarcophagus
Carved stone burial container
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- EgyptianRelating to the pharaohs' land
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
pyramid · Viking · New Orleans · fantasy · Ghana · elaborate · ornate · traditional · religious
rectangular
Four right angles
hexagonal · container · lid · six-sided · elongated · anthropoid
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, funeral homes
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, undead
- death symbolsskull, skeleton, tombstone, gravestone, headstone
- 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