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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It was followed by a video of casket being lowered into the ground.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 July 2025
That means planning practices for the flag and casket teams for the July 11 funeral and standing guard by Corder's body.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Officers found a gravesite dug open, along with the crypt and casket broken open.
—Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
Biden, a Catholic, visited later in the afternoon, walking up to the velvet rope in front of the caskets, making the sign of the cross, and spending a few moments by himself in silence.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 July 2025
That means planning practices for the flag and casket teams for the July 11 funeral and standing guard by Corder's body.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Officers found a gravesite dug open, along with the crypt and casket broken open.
—Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
Biden, a Catholic, visited later in the afternoon, walking up to the velvet rope in front of the caskets, making the sign of the cross, and spending a few moments by himself in silence.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
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 18 Jul. 2025.
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