Nouncoffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Noun
It's become the final nail in the coffin for a lot of officials. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022 When the obituary for the Pac-12 is written, the Big 12 may get a footnote about being the final nail in the coffin, but the actual being of the Pac-12 was dead long before that. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 The Biden administration merely struck the last few nails in the coffin by announcing withdrawal and then doing it in a manner that ensured the Afghan government was going to collapse.CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022 That was the nail in the coffin: Following this piece of evidence, the university concluded that the manuscript is, indeed, a 20th-century forgery. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2022 Fellow senior Jahmar Richardson ran for 71 yards late and added the final nail in the coffin as time expired with a 1-yard step into the endzone. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2022 In 2021, his coffin, draped with a flag, was escorted to the cemetery by hundreds of veterans on motorcycles.New York Times, 11 June 2022 Another nail in the coffin for trenches is the use of small-caliber cannon proximity fuses, which can be electronically set to detonate above fighting trenches, showering the enemy taking shelter inside with shrapnel. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2022 One by one, mourners pour into King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church at 1620 Anderson St. and past the coffin to pay their respects. Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2022
Verb
Its lumber held generations of Americans from cradle to coffin.BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Stanley Cup drought could be hours from ending, the team tried to avoid the topic, keep its focus and prepare the final nail for the Flyers’ coffin. Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2022 Galella was born in New York City on Jan. 10, 1931 to a piano and coffin manufacturer father and a mother who worked as a crochet beader. Sasha Urban, Variety, 2 May 2022 For those who want to give their fingers a more elongated shape as the leaves start to fall, coffin fall nail designs are a great option. Michella Oré, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2021 A week later, at her funeral, my sister and I stood next to her coffin the entire time. Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2021 Lee recommends coffin nails for those who aren't afraid of a bold look and says the trend looks amazing on slender fingers with acrylic nails. Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2021 The researchers plan on testing how attractive the scent compounds are to coffin flies to confirm if A. microstoma is the flies' only source for pollination, Science Alert reports. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2021 At her funeral, Harry, along with his brother William, walked behind her coffin down the Mall. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 21 May 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English cofyn, coffyn "basket, hamper" (in translations from Latin), "chest, box," borrowed from Anglo-French cofin, coffin "basket, chest, container," borrowed from Latin cophinus "large basket, hamper," borrowed from Greek kóphinos "large basket," of pre-Greek substratal origin
(especially BrE) ➡ see also casketADJECTIVE | VERB + COFFIN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤wooden木製棺材➤flag-draped覆蓋旗幟的棺材◇the flag-draped coffins of soldiers coming home運回國的覆蓋着國旗的軍人靈柩VERB + COFFIN➤carry, take抬棺材▸➤lower往下放棺材◇The coffin was lowered into the grave.棺材放進了墓穴。PREPOSITION➤in a/the coffin在棺材裏