casket
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- noun
- /ˈkæskɪt/
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- Well, this guy bought a casket, a really nice one on Amazon and he left a five star review.
- a silver casket
- reliquary casket
- an ivory casket
I don't translate when she refers to caskets as dye boxes.
- I don't translate when she refers to caskets as dye boxes.
- The ornate gold casket standing on clot feet whose inscription warns that both secret knowledge and unbearable temptation lie within.
- And so when Eduardo was building the crate, he made it a replica of the casket that he had built four ways of the cat of the casket.
Examples
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There is a casket in the hold, sir, from Kaiser Wilhelm Hospital.
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I built an elaborate casket for your image.
Fiction book (1999) -
We could put a photograph on top of the casket.
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A few of her closest friends had placed letters addressed to her inside the casket.
Fiction book (2001) -
Lettie turned and watched them while the men unloaded the heavy casket she had selected.
Fiction book (1990) -
Perhaps the last book of Louvain's great prewar library still rests in its iron casket.
Academic text (2003) -
Yet, as the first shovelfuls of dirt fell upon the casket, Mrs. Mildmay could have sworn that the widow was smiling.
Fiction book (1999) -
She carefully placed the necklace inside the ornate casket before locking it.
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After the ceremony, family members gathered to open the casket and share memories of the departed.
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The antique casket held her grandmother's most cherished keepsakes.
Synonyms
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A usually rectangular container with a lid for holding things or the amount it holds
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A large strong box for storing clothes or valuables
A small decorative box that holds valuable things like rings or necklaces
Compounds
How Ornate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Casket comes from the Latin word capsa meaning 'box' and the small ending -et meaning 'little', so it originally meant a 'small box'. The English word case is from the same root, which helps explain why a casket is a box for jewels and valuables.