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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Branwell’s coffin was carried from the house and placed next to the other family caskets.
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Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
The Associated Press and USA Today reported that the churchgoers honored the children by wearing pink, purple and blue, visiting their white caskets with photos of each of the children — some alongside their favorite Disney characters — as well as praying and singing as a group.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Little ones who came out of the casket viewing with their parents wore expressions of confusion and shock after witnessing eight bodies that didn’t look so different from their own.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The two mothers stood together, eight small caskets arrayed in a semicircle before them.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
The Associated Press and USA Today reported that the churchgoers honored the children by wearing pink, purple and blue, visiting their white caskets with photos of each of the children — some alongside their favorite Disney characters — as well as praying and singing as a group.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Little ones who came out of the casket viewing with their parents wore expressions of confusion and shock after witnessing eight bodies that didn’t look so different from their own.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The two mothers stood together, eight small caskets arrayed in a semicircle before them.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for casket
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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