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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The remains of Torres-Tovar and Howard arrived at the Dover Air Force Base in transfer caskets draped with the American flag, after being carried off a C-17 military aircraft.
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Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2025
The couple had four young children; two shared one casket and another two shared the other.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
The 24-year-old picked out his father’s shiny, baby-blue casket.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The vice president and his wife Usha escorted Charlie Kirk's body aboard Air Force Two, with JD Vance helping carry Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City, Utah.
—Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2025
The couple had four young children; two shared one casket and another two shared the other.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
The 24-year-old picked out his father’s shiny, baby-blue casket.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
The vice president and his wife Usha escorted Charlie Kirk's body aboard Air Force Two, with JD Vance helping carry Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City, Utah.
—Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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 22 Dec. 2025.
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