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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Once the casket was resealed, it was carried through the streets with visitors following the procession.
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Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
And the county isn’t pre-selling casket spaces right now since there are so few left; that won’t change until the public cemetery in Anaheim Hills opens.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
An edition of the Gospels was laid on Francis’s casket.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
The solemn requiem mass ended with a concluding prayer formally entrusting Francis to God as his casket was brought back into St. Peter’s as bells tolled a death knell.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
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Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
And the county isn’t pre-selling casket spaces right now since there are so few left; that won’t change until the public cemetery in Anaheim Hills opens.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
An edition of the Gospels was laid on Francis’s casket.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
The solemn requiem mass ended with a concluding prayer formally entrusting Francis to God as his casket was brought back into St. Peter’s as bells tolled a death knell.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Apr. 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 12 Jun. 2025.
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