casket

casket

noun

Definition of CASKET

1

a boxlike container for holding a dead body <bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died>

Synonyms bier, box, casket, pall, sarcophagus

Related Words charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault; urn; body bag

2

a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things <a small casket of jewels>

Synonyms bin, box, caddy, case, casket, locker, trunk

Related Words carton, crate; footlocker, locker, sea chest; coffer, lockbox, safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox; coffin; compartment, vault; canteen; caisson, hope chest; minaudière; bandbox, hatbox, jewel box, snuffbox, tinderbox