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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Now the casket is carrying out its twilight years as a prop in the back of a Greeley man’s recreational hearse.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Now the casket is carrying out its twilight years as a prop in the back of a Greeley man’s recreational hearse.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Several residents accused Parker of trying Jones in the court of public opinion without providing evidence to her involvement in the casket incident.
—Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
Not one mob but two awaits him as his casket rolls out of the factory gates.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 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 23 Oct. 2025.
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