Definition of casket
1 : a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2 : a usually fancy coffin
casket
transitive verbFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of casket in a Sentence
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
a small casket of jewels
Recent Examples of casket from the Web
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Police got a call Monday night that a small white casket had been found in a black trash bag, not far from several cemeteries.
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A casket with organs inside was found Monday night on West Clearfield Street in North Philadelphia across from Mount Peace Cemetery.
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A casket carrying Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass is slated to arrive at the San Diego International Airport around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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To honor Raven, Arterburn and Goepper held a memorial service, complete with a casket, flowers, food, videographer and a speaker who recounted Raven's life.
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Till’s murder sparked the Civil Rights Movement when his mother, Mamie Till Mobley insisted on an open-casket funeral so the world could see how her son was brutalized in Mississippi.
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Two weeks ago, Gabriel's body was exhumed to retrieve his tablet computer, which his mother tucked into his casket.
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A pivotal scene of that first season saw the siblings making arrangements for their father’s funeral and bickering about who would pay for the casket.
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After the 90-minute service, those grandchildren served as pallbearers, escorting the casket outside as Billy Graham, gripping a walker, followed.
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Origin and Etymology of casket
Middle English, perhaps modification of Medieval French cassette
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playDefinition of casket for English Language Learners
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: a small chest or box for jewelry or other valuable things
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