Definition of "coffin" []

• An oblong box in which a corpse is buried. (noun)
• The horny part of a horse's hoof. (noun)
• To place in or as if in a coffin. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The nail in your coffin is the arbitration system run by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)."
• "Dracula decides to leave and go on vacation to New York City, but his coffin is accidentally sent to Harlem."
• "In Blake, the coffin is his "Printing House in Hell""