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
Recent Examples on the Web
Navalny's body is displayed in an open casket during his funeral at the Soothe My Sorrows church in Moscow on Friday.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
New match types: Special guest referee, ambulance match, casket match and gauntlet match.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
New match types: Special guest referee, ambulance match, casket match and gauntlet match.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for casket
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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