casket
pronunciation
How to pronounce casket in British English:
UK [ˈkɑ:skɪt]
How to pronounce casket in American English:
US [ˈkæskɪt]
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- Noun:
- box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
- small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
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- Verb:
- enclose in a casket
Word Origin
- casket (n.)
- mid-15c., "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly a diminutive of English cask with -et, or from a corruption of Middle French casset (see cassette). Meaning "coffin" is American English, probably euphemistic, attested by 1832.Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all. [Hawthorne, "Our Old Home," 1863]
Example
- 1. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away .
- 2. But mrs. vaughan rushed the casket to make sure it was her son inside .
- 3. He stood with his father over his mother 's casket .
- 4. This would mean your relatives will choose a wood casket , no embalming will be involved and you will be buried a bit closer to the surface .
- 5. Unlike other mummies which are kept dry to ensure preservation , this mummy was exposed to water , which seeped into the casket and turned the fats in his body to soap .