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
Hundreds of people helped carry the casket for parts of the miles-long procession, including Kennedy Jr., then an environmental attorney, and many politicians.
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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
Funeral homes were responsible for collecting and preparing the deceased, hosting services, ordering flowers, and everything up to the moment the casket reached its final resting place—the rest, burial onward, was the responsibility of the cemetery.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024
When his mom, Jill, died on Feb. 21, 2022, a bunch of the residents of Clipper Nation got together and sent flowers and a banner that was laid on her casket.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
The pallbearers lifted the casket into the hearse, as Knavs and the Trumps stood in a row along the curb of South Ocean Boulevard, the shutters of photographers across the street clicking as about a dozen members of the press shifted places on the sidewalk to jockey for clear image.
—Kristina Webb, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
His son Philippe stood with the family by the casket for days as mourners streamed to the village from around the country.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
And, in one case, a vault is cracked so badly that the casket underneath is exposed to the harsh rain and sun and moisture of South Florida.
—Gerard Albert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
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
Funeral homes were responsible for collecting and preparing the deceased, hosting services, ordering flowers, and everything up to the moment the casket reached its final resting place—the rest, burial onward, was the responsibility of the cemetery.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024
When his mom, Jill, died on Feb. 21, 2022, a bunch of the residents of Clipper Nation got together and sent flowers and a banner that was laid on her casket.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
The pallbearers lifted the casket into the hearse, as Knavs and the Trumps stood in a row along the curb of South Ocean Boulevard, the shutters of photographers across the street clicking as about a dozen members of the press shifted places on the sidewalk to jockey for clear image.
—Kristina Webb, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
His son Philippe stood with the family by the casket for days as mourners streamed to the village from around the country.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
And, in one case, a vault is cracked so badly that the casket underneath is exposed to the harsh rain and sun and moisture of South Florida.
—Gerard Albert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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