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
As people voted, Huerta’s casket was carried through the town.
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Eyder Peralta, NPR, 3 June 2024
Then-Vice President Joe Biden lowers his head as an honor guard carries a casket containing the remains of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, into St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., for funeral services, Saturday, June 6, 2015.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 June 2024
After a final reading from the Bible in the church Saturday morning, Luna’s bright white casket traveled by hearse past the colorful mural with six crosses built to honor the bridge victims, and to Glen Haven Memorial Park in Glen Burnie, where he was laid to rest.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Despite the sea of broken glass on the floor and pillows of pink ceiling insulation strewn throughout, the casket spray was still in the center of the workroom, unblemished.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 21 May 2024
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Eyder Peralta, NPR, 3 June 2024
Then-Vice President Joe Biden lowers his head as an honor guard carries a casket containing the remains of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, into St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., for funeral services, Saturday, June 6, 2015.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 June 2024
After a final reading from the Bible in the church Saturday morning, Luna’s bright white casket traveled by hearse past the colorful mural with six crosses built to honor the bridge victims, and to Glen Haven Memorial Park in Glen Burnie, where he was laid to rest.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Despite the sea of broken glass on the floor and pillows of pink ceiling insulation strewn throughout, the casket spray was still in the center of the workroom, unblemished.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 21 May 2024
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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