casket

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɑː.skɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kA:skIt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkæs.kɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"k{skIt/

Etymology

From Norman cassette.

Noun

Wikipedia casket (plural caskets)

1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
2. An urn.
3. A coffin.

Translations

little box e.g. for jewelry

• Bulgarian: касетка (bg) (kasetka) f, ковчеже (bg) (kovčeže) n
• Catalan: cofret (ca) m, escriny (ca) m
• Finnish: lipas (fi)
• French: coffret (fr) m

• German: Schatulle (de) f, Kästchen (de) n
• Italian: scrigno (it) m, cofanetto (it) m
• Russian: шкатулка (ru) (škatúlka) f, коробочка (ru) (koróbočka) f

urn

• Bulgarian: урна (bg) (urna) f
• Catalan: urna (ca) f
• Finnish: uurna (fi)
• German: Urne (de) f

• Hungarian: urna (hu)
• Italian: urna (it) f
• Russian: урна (ru) (úrna) f

coffin — see coffin

Verb

casket (third-person singular simple present caskets, present participle casketing, simple past and past participle casketed)

1. (poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
   • Shakespeare

     I have casketed my treasure.

Anagrams

• sacket