casket
noun
a coffin.
caskets
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pluralof casket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Crucially, it held on to its stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium—half of it buried in caskets in a tunnel deep under its Isfahan nuclear site, according to the U.N. atomic agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Hughes himself lay in one of the caskets to experience it.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Indian authorities said an inscription on one of the caskets unearthed with the treasure confirmed the contents -- which include bone fragments -- as "relics of the Buddha".
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
She balked at the idea of a traditional burial, calling caskets and tombstones “a racket.”
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025
It’s like walking into a funeral home and being surprised there are caskets.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
