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casket definition

cas·ket (kas′kit, 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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