<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.</li><li>The part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.</li><li>Printing: the bed of a platen press.</li><li>The wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To put or enclose in or as in a coffin.</li></ul>