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casket definition

cas·ket (kaskit, käs-)

noun

  1. a small box or chest, as for valuables
  2. ☆ a coffin, esp. a costly one

Etymology: ME, prob. < NormFr cassette, dim. of casse, case; -k by analogy with cask

transitive verb

to put into a casket

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casket Synonyms

casket

n.

  1. A coffin

    box, sarcophagus, funerary box; see coffin.

  2. A small box

    chest, coffer, jewel case, canister; see case 7, chest 1, container.


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casket Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • jewel: In this way she will be enabled to keep in the family Miss Neville's fortune which consists of a casket of valuable jewels.

Converse of object

  • open: The mother was instructed to bury the body the next day and not to open the casket.

Adjective modifier

  • silver: He was presented with a silver casket on a visit to his old school, King Edward VI Grammar School.

Noun used with modifier

  • silver: A bespectacled young priest, Yousuf, led us barefoot into the unbearable crush of bodies around the saint's silver casket.
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casket quotes

   Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed Casket of my Soul.

-Keats,John

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