CASKET

casket, jewel casket

(noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables

coffin, casket

(noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

casket

(verb) enclose in a casket

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

casket (plural caskets)

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

(Britain) An urn.

(North America) A coffin.

(nautical) A gasket.

Verb

casket (third-person singular simple present caskets, present participle casketing, simple past and past participle casketed)

(poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

Anagrams

• sacket

Source: Wiktionary

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Cas"ket, n. Etym: [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.]

1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. Shak.

2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]

3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak). (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.

Cas"ket, n. (Naut.)

Definition: A gasket. See Gasket.

Cas"ket, v. t.

Definition: To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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