casket

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkæs.kɪt/ or /ˈkɑː.skɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkæs.kɪt/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

Singular casket

Plural caskets

1. (countable) A casket is another word for a coffin, a box used to place the bodies of dead people.

   We went to pick out a casket for our late grandmother.

2. (countable) A casket is a small box to place items, usually jewellery.

Verb

Plain form casket

Third-person singular caskets

Past tense casketed

Past participle casketed

Present participle casketing

1. (transitive) When you casket something, you put it into a casket.