1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2
: a usually fancy coffin
casket
transitive verb
Examples of casket in a Sentence
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
a small casket of jewels
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His casket will rest on the Lincoln catafalque, a wooden platform built in 1865 to support the casket of Abraham Lincoln as Lincoln was lying in state.
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Ronald Reagan's casket ascended the U.S. Capitol's west steps, a poignant nod to his Californian origins.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Why then is her second message to her father’s casket a promise to avenge his death?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
Instead, while visitors will still be able to pay their respects, his body will remain inside the casket with the lid removed.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Ronald Reagan's casket ascended the U.S. Capitol's west steps, a poignant nod to his Californian origins.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Why then is her second message to her father’s casket a promise to avenge his death?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
Instead, while visitors will still be able to pay their respects, his body will remain inside the casket with the lid removed.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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