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The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: coffin. |
A coffin (also known as a casket) is a box used to keep dead bodies, either for burial or after cremation.
The word comes ultimately from Greek kophinos, a basket. In English, the word was not used in a funeral sense until the 1500s.
Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Museum of Funeral Customs
- BBC Business News 2001-12-28: Bamboo Coffins "Coffin-maker resurrects tradition"
- Plans For Building A Halloween Coffin