casket
a coffin.
a small chest or box, as for jewels.
to put or enclose in a casket.
Origin of casket
1Other words from casket
- cas·ket·like, adjective
- un·cas·ket·ed, adjective
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How to use casket in a sentence
The dead body in the casket didn’t really look like Grandma.
Being able to view an open casket and being present at the burial site with loved ones helped with closure, strengthening her appreciation of the comfort we may derive from mourning rituals.
In the animal kingdom, rituals that connect, renew and heal | Barbara King | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostHundreds of mourners filed by the shiny casket, and when Young’s mother approached for a last look, she collapsed in tears on her son’s chest.
A Temp Worker Died on the Job After FedEx Didn’t Fix a Known Hazard. The Fine: $7,000. | by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | December 23, 2020 | ProPublicaThe contents are known to include a host of Confederate-related memorabilia — and, just possibly, a rare image of President Abraham Lincoln in his casket — but Northam’s office plans to remove it early next year.
Northam proposes major effort to reimagine public space around Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond | Gregory S. Schneider | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostWhen he died in 1862, he became the only president in history to be buried in a casket covered by the flag of another country — the Confederate States of America.
The 10th president’s last surviving grandson: A bridge to the nation’s complicated past | Gillian Brockell | November 29, 2020 | Washington Post
When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSitting in chairs staring at the casket are friends, family, and… Kevin Spacey?
Kevin Spacey Stars as a Frank Underwood-like Warmonger in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ | Alec Kubas-Meyer | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was better that he did not look at the casket and grave of John Fitzgerald Kennedy too often.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen she came up to the grave at the cemetery, the casket already was in place.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA 12-year-old boy who escaped the shooting with his mother introduced himself to Sullivan at the casket viewing.
Next from the large casket Mrs. Sin took another smaller casket and a very long, tapering silver bodkin.
Dope | Sax RohmerWhen Big Sid looked at you that way, a guy felt he was being measured for a casket.
She surprised him at the moment when he was forcing open a casket, and struck him a blow with her riding whip.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheWe shall starve to death—like Croton water-bugs caught in a diamond casket, said Flick, who had a taste for poetical flights.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonIn that box will be found the bars of silver and a casket containing the eight hundred and sixty gold pieces.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for casket
/ (ˈkɑːskɪt) /
a small box or chest for valuables, esp jewels
mainly US another name for coffin (def. 1)
Origin of casket
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