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How to pronounce “coffin”

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Pronunciation guide for coffin

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of coffin with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Why Don’t Vampires Cast Reflections?And they opened his coffin,
Definition summary
A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

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How to pronounce coffin

Why Don’t Vampires Cast Reflections?

And they opened his coffin,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “coffin”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
  • (cartomancy) The eighth Lenormand card.
  • (archaic) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
  • (obsolete) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
  • The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
  • A storage container for nuclear waste.
  • A combination fence obstacle where the horse jumps a set of rails, strides downhill to a ditch, and then goes back uphill to another jump.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To place in a coffin.

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