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casket

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of casket

1 a boxlike container for holding a dead body

bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died

Synonyms of casket

bier, box, coffin, pall, sarcophagus

Words Related to casket

charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault

2 a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things

a small casket of jewels

Synonyms of casket

bin, box, caddy, case, chest, locker, trunk

Words Related to casket

footlocker, locker, sea chest

coffer, lockbox, safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox

compartment, vault

caisson, hope chest

bandbox, hatbox, jewel box, snuffbox, tinderbox

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