to casket

Examples

• All

• He's now been cosmetized, he's ready to be dressed, and casketed.

  Bernie (2012)

• He's got to be flushed, prepped and casketed by 4:00.

  You Kill Me (2007)

• In the funeral home, the staff carefully casketed the deceased with dignity and respect.

• The family decided to casket their father's remains in a beautiful wooden box to honor his memory.

Synonyms

L

to lay to rest

vsto casket

21 4.0

To bury someone after a funeral

refers to enclosing in a named container, not only performing a ceremony

E

to entomb

vsto casket

11 8.1

To put a dead body in a tomb or enclose something as if buried

is used for enclosing inside a portable named container rather than in a fixed chamber

I

to inter

vsto casket

• Formal

4 8.7

To put a dead body in a grave

focuses on placing into a named container rather than directly in ground

C

to coffin

vsto casket

1 6.5

To put a dead body into a wooden box for burial or cremation

encloses the body in a differently named burial container

C

to crypt

vsto casket

• Archaic

1 9.9

To put a dead body in an underground stone room

is about enclosing in a portable named container not a stone chamber

T

to tomb

vsto casket

• Archaic

9.3

To put a dead person into a grave

focuses on enclosing in a labelled burial container rather than a site

S

to sepulcher

vsto casket

• Literature

9.9

To put a dead body in a tomb during a ceremony

is the practical act of enclosing in a named container, not a site

I

to inhume

vsto casket

• Specialized

9.9

To put a dead body in a grave or tomb

means enclosing in a named container rather than directly in earth

Antonyms

U

to unearth

18 4.2

To dig up something buried in the ground

Compounds

J

jewel casket

6.1

A small decorative box that holds valuable things like rings or necklaces

Surface Forms

Etymology