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
Navalny's body is displayed in an open casket during his funeral at the Soothe My Sorrows church in Moscow on Friday.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
New match types: Special guest referee, ambulance match, casket match and gauntlet match.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
People are so fed up that a casket company wants to bury Daylight Saving time.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Rather than marking a single death, the marchers — led by trumpet players and people carrying a casket reminiscent of a cigarette pack — were demanding the demise of menthol cigarettes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Thousands of firefighters and law enforcement officers suddenly stood straight and saluted the moment six pallbearers in crisp uniforms and white gloves lifted the casket of firefighter Trevor Brown from the back of a fire engine Monday.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of people helped carry the casket for parts of the miles-long procession, including Kennedy Jr., then an environmental attorney, and many politicians.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of fellow law enforcement officers and community members, family and friends filed below the photos, past Allen’s casket Thursday afternoon into the evening at the Community of Christ church campus in Independence.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Perry said that can include caskets made from wicker or bamboo, for example, or even a simple pine box that is untreated.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
New match types: Special guest referee, ambulance match, casket match and gauntlet match.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
People are so fed up that a casket company wants to bury Daylight Saving time.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Rather than marking a single death, the marchers — led by trumpet players and people carrying a casket reminiscent of a cigarette pack — were demanding the demise of menthol cigarettes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Thousands of firefighters and law enforcement officers suddenly stood straight and saluted the moment six pallbearers in crisp uniforms and white gloves lifted the casket of firefighter Trevor Brown from the back of a fire engine Monday.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of people helped carry the casket for parts of the miles-long procession, including Kennedy Jr., then an environmental attorney, and many politicians.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of fellow law enforcement officers and community members, family and friends filed below the photos, past Allen’s casket Thursday afternoon into the evening at the Community of Christ church campus in Independence.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Perry said that can include caskets made from wicker or bamboo, for example, or even a simple pine box that is untreated.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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