casket

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkæs.kɪt/, /ˈkɑː.skɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkæs.kɪt/

Noun

casket (plural caskets)

1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 5

     They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket.

2. (Britain) An urn.
3. (North America) A coffin.
4. (nautical) A gasket.

Translations

• French: coffret
• German: Schatulle, Kästchen
• Italian: scrigno, cofanetto
• Portuguese: porta-joias
• Russian: шкату́лка
• Spanish: cofrecito, joyero

Translations

• German: Urne
• Italian: urna
• Portuguese: urna
• Russian: у́рна

Verb

casket (caskets, present participle casketing; past and past participle casketed)

1. (poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
   • circa 1602 William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 5,

     I have […] casketed my treasure.

Related terms

• cask

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