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kɪt, ˈkɑ noun
1.
a coffin.
2.
a small chest or box, as for jewels.
verb (used with object)
3.
to put or enclose in a casket.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < ?
1425–75; late Middle English < ?
Related forms
cas·ket·like, adjective
un·cas·ket·ed, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | a small box or chest for valuables, esp jewels |
| 2. | chiefly (US) another name for coffin |
| [C15: probably from Old French cassette little box; see | |
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Word Origin & History
casket
1461, "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly formed as a dim. of Eng. cask, or from Norm.-Fr. cassette, from M.Fr. casset (see cassette). Meaning of "coffin" is Amer.Eng., probably euphemistic, first attested 1849.
"Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all." [Hawthorne, 1863]
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Example sentences
Closed-casket funeral or cordon around open casket can help minimize risk of contamination or exposure.
Small communes have usually only space for one casket in the morgue.
Directs pallbearers in placement and removal of casket from hearse.
At his funeral, before the casket was closed, his sister managed to cut some locks of his hair.
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