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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After the services, an American flag was draped on Kilduff's casket and it was placed on a firetruck outside the church while a sea of firefighters paid tribute.
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Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Kilduff’s casket rode to the church on a fire engine, while bagpipers played and thousands lined the streets.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Women in black hijabs and abayas, many wearing badges depicting Zahra’s smiling face, lined the streets as men prayed over her casket, placed outside the Husseiniya, a Shiite hall.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
The victims’ bodies were discovered buried underneath a casket in a Memphis graveyard.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 21 May 2026
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Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Kilduff’s casket rode to the church on a fire engine, while bagpipers played and thousands lined the streets.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Women in black hijabs and abayas, many wearing badges depicting Zahra’s smiling face, lined the streets as men prayed over her casket, placed outside the Husseiniya, a Shiite hall.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
The victims’ bodies were discovered buried underneath a casket in a Memphis graveyard.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 21 May 2026
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 6 Jun. 2026.
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