Coffin and Grave

Coffin

Coffin noun - A boxlike container for holding a dead body.

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Grave and coffin are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Coffin".

Nearby Words: coffer, coffined

Grave noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

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Coffin and grave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coffin" instead a noun "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

certain	certain coffin	certain grave
separate	separate coffin	separate grave
proper	proper coffin	proper grave
single	single coffin	single grave
Other adjectives: deep, empty, plain, small, big, wrong, new, cursed, memorial.

Only to find he's been beaten there by the Baron's human servant, Greta, who helps the now undead girl climb out of her grave and coffin.

Source: Rise from Your Grave
Do not need to sleep in a grave or coffin.

Source: Literature / The Vampire Chronicles aka: Interview With The Vampire
Midsomer Murders: The 'body buried in the grave beneath a coffin' is used in "Beyond the Grave".

Source: Cramming the Coffin

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