1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2
: a usually fancy coffin
casket
transitive verb
Examples of casket in a Sentence
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
a small casket of jewels
Recent Examples on the Web
Lisa ushered the artist inside to open Ben’s casket and check out his tattoos firsthand.
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Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Ahead of the service, a procession of police vehicles escorted Pham’s casket to the venue, with officers lining the streets as the group drove below an American flag hung between two fire trucks.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
Fakir’s casket was carried to a white Cadillac LaSalle hearse — the same vintage vehicle that once transported his close friend Aretha Franklin — and he was laid to rest Friday afternoon at Woodlawn Cemetery.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024
Today, the median cost of a funeral with casket and burial is $8,300, while the average cost for a funeral with cremation is $6,280, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
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Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Ahead of the service, a procession of police vehicles escorted Pham’s casket to the venue, with officers lining the streets as the group drove below an American flag hung between two fire trucks.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
Fakir’s casket was carried to a white Cadillac LaSalle hearse — the same vintage vehicle that once transported his close friend Aretha Franklin — and he was laid to rest Friday afternoon at Woodlawn Cemetery.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024
Today, the median cost of a funeral with casket and burial is $8,300, while the average cost for a funeral with cremation is $6,280, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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