coffin
container for transport, laying out and the burial of a corpse
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Summary
coffin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,394 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Made from material: wood[2], zinc[3], metal[4]
- Subclass of: funerary container[5], furniture[6]
- Part of: funeral[7]
- Has use: funeral[8]
- Commons category: Coffins[9]
- Said to be the same as: coffin[10]
- Unicode character: ⚰[11]
- Has part(s): Sargdeckel[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Coffins[13]
- Commons gallery: Coffin[14]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[16], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[17], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Pauly–Wissowa[20]
- Manifestation of: death[21]
- Different from: key[22]
- Contains: carcass[23]
- P14369: 70074[24]
- P14470: Objects/Coffin[25]
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Influence
Things named for coffin include witch window[26] and Coffin Texts[27], a text corpus[28], founded in -2100[29].
Why It Matters
coffin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] coffin is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for coffin include witch window[26] and Coffin Texts[27], a text corpus[28], founded in -2100[29].