casket
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norman cassette. Doublet of cassette.
Pronunciation
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Noun
casket (plural caskets)
- A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 5
- They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 5
- (British) An urn.
- (Canada, US) A coffin.
- (nautical) A gasket.
Translations
little box e.g. for jewelry
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urn
coffin — see coffin
Verb
casket (third-person singular simple present caskets, present participle casketing, simple past and past participle casketed)
- (poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
- c. 1602 William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 5,[1]
- I have […] casketed my treasure.
- c. 1602 William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 5,[1]