casket

UK /ˈkæs.kɪt/ US /ˈkæs.kɪt/

noun 4verb 1

Definitions

noun

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked

An urn.

A coffin.

A gasket.

verb

To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

I have […] casketed my treasure.

ADJ.

closed, deceased, heavy, over, regular

VERB + CASKET

carries, causing, cross, opened, stumbled, wanted

PREP.

in, in, into, off, up

noun — box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked

Wiktionary

I have […] casketed my treasure.

Wiktionary

The priest made the sign of the cross as the casket was lowered into the ground.

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Sami walked up to the casket.

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A pallbearer carries the casket of the deceased at their funeral.

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This casket is too heavy.

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i Register

In some senses, casket is marked as British, US, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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