casket (Meaning)

Wordnet

casket (n)

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables

Wordnet

casket (v)

enclose in a casket

Webster

casket (n.)

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.

A kind of burial case.

Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed

The body.

The tomb.

A book of selections.

A gasket. See Gasket.

Webster

casket (v. t.)

To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

casket Sentence Examples

  1. The funeral director gently placed the deceased's body in the polished wooden casket.
  2. Family members gathered around the casket, offering their final farewells to their loved one.
  3. The ornate casket was adorned with flowers and photographs, honoring the life of the departed.
  4. Pallbearers solemnly carried the casket to the waiting hearse.
  5. The weight of grief hung heavy as the casket was lowered into the ground.
  6. A hush fell over the room as the lid of the casket was closed for the last time.
  7. Mourners placed small tokens of remembrance inside the casket before it was sealed.
  8. The casket was transported with dignity and reverence to the cemetery.
  9. The widow laid a single red rose atop the closed casket, a symbol of undying love.
  10. Despite the somber occasion, memories of laughter and joy filled the air as friends gathered to celebrate the life that rested within the casket.

FAQs About the word casket

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated, small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables, enclose in a casketA small chest or box, esp. of

coffin, tomb,sarcophagus, urn, vault, box, bier, sepulchre, charnel, sepulcher

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The funeral director gently placed the deceased's body in the polished wooden casket.

Family members gathered around the casket, offering their final farewells to their loved one.

The ornate casket was adorned with flowers and photographs, honoring the life of the departed.

Pallbearers solemnly carried the casket to the waiting hearse.