coffin

n. casket, box in which a dead person is buried

A coffin (in North American English, also known as a casket) is a funerary box used in the display and containment of deceased remains — either for  burial or cremation.The word comes ultimately from Greek kophinos, a basket. In English, the word wasn't used in a funeral sense until the 1500s.
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Noun
1. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
(synonym) casket
(hypernym) box
(hyponym) bier
Verb
1. place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) casket

(v. t.)
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
  

(n.)
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
  

(n.)
The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
  

(n.)
A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
  

(n.)
A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
  

(n.)
A basket.
  

This dream is unlucky. You will, if you are a farmer, see your crops blasted and your cattle lean and unhealthy. To business men it means debts whose accumulation they are powerless to avoid. To the young it denotes unhappy unions and death of loved ones. To see your own coffin in a dream, business defeat and domestic sorrow may be expected. To dream of a coffin moving of itself, denotes sickness and marriage in close conjunction. Sorrow and pleasure intermingled. Death may follow this dream, but there will also be good. To see your corpse in a coffin, signifies brave efforts will be crushed in defeat and ignominy, To dream that you find yourself sitting on a coffin in a moving hearse, denotes desperate if not fatal illness for you or some person closely allied to you. Quarrels with the opposite sex is also indicated. You will remorsefully consider your conduct toward a friend.