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casket

[ kas-kit, kah-skit ]

/ ˈkæs kɪt, ˈkɑ skɪt /

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noun

a coffin.

a small chest or box, as for jewels.

verb (used with object)

to put or enclose in a casket.

Origin of casket

1425–75; late Middle English < ?

OTHER WORDS FROM casket

cas·ket·like, adjective un·cas·ket·ed, adjective

Words nearby casket

casinghead gas, casino, casita, cask, cask of amontillado, the, casket, caslon, casoron, caspar, casparian strip, casper

Example sentences from the Web for casket

Sitting in chairs staring at the casket are friends, family, and… Kevin Spacey?

Kevin Spacey Stars as a Frank Underwood-like Warmonger in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ |Alec Kubas-Meyer |November 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was better that he did not look at the casket and grave of John Fitzgerald Kennedy too often.

Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns |Jimmy Breslin |November 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
When she came up to the grave at the cemetery, the casket already was in place.

Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns |Jimmy Breslin |November 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A 12-year-old boy who escaped the shooting with his mother introduced himself to Sullivan at the casket viewing.

The Superheroes Who Helped Aurora |Daniel Hernandez |July 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

St. Joseph's Abbey opened a casket business in 2007, selling high-end handcrafted cypress caskets to help finance its operations.

A Victory Against Big Funeral in Louisiana |Megan McArdle |March 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Darling shut the casket and slipped it into an inner breast-pocket of his reefer.

The Harbor Master |Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Smiths they bade a casket / work full hastily All of gold and silver / that great and strong should be.

The Nibelungenlied |Unknown
With the casket in her hand, she knelt before the throne, but Aphrodite put out her hand and raised her up.

Children of the Dawn |Elsie Finnimore Buckley
Then he dashed the casket on the floor with such violence that it broke into fragments.

Prester John |John Buchan
Under the lamp the merchant's children saw a large cloth-covered table, on which stood a casket of bronze.

The Galley Slave's Ring |Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for casket

casket

/ (ˈkɑːskɪt) /

noun

a small box or chest for valuables, esp jewels

mainly US another name for coffin (def. 1)

Word Origin for casket

C15: probably from Old French cassette little box; see case ²