casket

1 a boxlike container for holding a dead body bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died Synonyms bier, box, coffin, pall, sarcophagusRelated Words charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault; urn; body bag

2 a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things a small casket of jewels Synonyms bin, box, caddy, case, chest, locker, trunkRelated Words carton, crate; footlocker, locker, sea chest; coffer, lockbox, safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox; coffin; compartment, vault; canteen; caisson, hope chest; minaudière; bandbox, hatbox, jewel box, snuffbox, tinderbox