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 cortège, paid for by the musician’s family, trailed through the city with Osbourne’s casket in a black hearse.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
On Sunday, an ambulance, paid for by Lozano, transported Dieu’s body in a casket back across the Haitian-Dominican border so.
—Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
The outlet further reported that past and present teammates were among the pallbearers who carried Jota and Silva’s caskets into the church.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 July 2025
Other green burials, which avoid embalming chemicals and use biodegradable caskets, already are legal in Minnesota.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
On Sunday, an ambulance, paid for by Lozano, transported Dieu’s body in a casket back across the Haitian-Dominican border so.
—Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
The outlet further reported that past and present teammates were among the pallbearers who carried Jota and Silva’s caskets into the church.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 July 2025
Other green burials, which avoid embalming chemicals and use biodegradable caskets, already are legal in Minnesota.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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