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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Other green burials, which avoid embalming chemicals and use biodegradable caskets, already are legal in Minnesota.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
Caisson units provide horses and soldiers to pull caskets at military funerals.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 July 2025
Superman filmmaker James Gunn lies in a casket for an interview with his friend and colleague David Dastmalchian for Season 3 of Dastmalchian’s talk show Grave Conversations.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The bagpipes began to play a few moments later and the crowd of officers saluted as the casket, draped in a Chicago flag, stood ready to be loaded into a waiting hearse.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
Caisson units provide horses and soldiers to pull caskets at military funerals.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 July 2025
Superman filmmaker James Gunn lies in a casket for an interview with his friend and colleague David Dastmalchian for Season 3 of Dastmalchian’s talk show Grave Conversations.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The bagpipes began to play a few moments later and the crowd of officers saluted as the casket, draped in a Chicago flag, stood ready to be loaded into a waiting hearse.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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