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coffinful

coffinful noun: the contents of a coffin.

Noun

coffinful (plural coffinfuls or coffinsful)

  1. The contents of a coffin.
    • My father, not many years since as healthy as myself, is dead, and lies yonder a coffinful of dust.1831, Thomas Ken, The retired Christian exercised in divine thoughts, and heavenly meditations, page 167
    • Little processions of black-clothed croupiers, with down-turned eyes, like the mutes at a funeral, marched through the rooms, guarding a coffinful of counters.1949, Osbert Sitwell, Death of a God, and Other Stories, page 102
  2. The amount that a coffin can hold.
    • Other people can slow their breathing to where they can make a coffinful of air last a week.2009, Katherine Kurtz, Tales of the Knights Templar, →ISBN

Forms of coffinful

pluralcoffinfuls
pluralcoffinsful

Origin of coffinful

From coffin + -ful.

Questions about coffinful

What does coffinful mean?
Coffinful means the contents of a coffin.
What part of speech is coffinful?
Coffinful is a noun.
What is the plural of coffinful?
The plural of coffinful is coffinfuls.

Words near coffinful in the dictionary

  1. coffin window
  2. coffin windows
  3. Coffin-Lowry syndrome
  4. Coffin-Siris syndrome
  5. coffined
  6. coffinful
  7. coffinfuls
  8. Coffing
  9. Coffings
  10. coffining
  11. coffinite

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