casket

noun

cas·​ket ˈka-skət How to pronounce casket (audio)
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
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The mom and her two young sons were buried together in one casket and all three were eulogized by Yarden Bibas, husband to Shiri and father to Ariel and Kfir. Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025 Eubanks first posted a screenshot of the article with several casket emojis on the screen, before offering her opinion on what reality star Jason Isaacs’ White Lotus character sounded most like. Liza Esquibias, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025 The caskets were first handed to the Red Cross then transferred to the Israeli military, whose soldiers draped the coffins in Israeli flags and brought them into Israel. Mick Krever, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025 The second is a casket carrying the bones of Sister Jenny, a nun who disappeared 20 years earlier, after abandoning the convent to run a women’s shelter in Bangkok. Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for casket

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, perhaps modification of Middle French cassette

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of casket was in the 15th century

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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

casket

noun
cas·​ket ˈkas-kət How to pronounce casket (audio)
1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2
: coffin

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