pine box

noun

A coffin.

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Meanings

nounpine box (plural pine boxes)

plural pine boxes · alternative pinebox

  1. euphemisticA coffin.

    He'll appreciate me when I'm in a pine box pushing up daisies.

    1998, Frawley Becker, 411 Joseph: A Play in Two Acts (page 79)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pine, box.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
coffin
Cite this entry
APA

pine box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20box

MLA

“pine box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20box. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pine box,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20box.

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