casket

🇺🇸 /ˈkæskɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɑːskɪt/
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noun
R

A small box that is often decorated and used to hold valuable items like jewelry.

She stored her precious gems in a beautiful casket.

R

A box in which a dead person's body is placed before burial or cremation.

The funeral procession carried the casket through the streets.

translation

n. A small box that is often decorated and used to hold valuable items like jewelry.; A box in which a dead person's body is placed before burial or cremation.

Word Forms

Plural caskets