casket

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UK/ˈkæs.kɪt/UK/ˈkɑː.skɪt/

noun

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

Similar
coffinjewel casket
OriginNorman cassette →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nouncasket (plural caskets)

plural caskets

  1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

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

    1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
  2. UKAn urn.
  3. CanadaUSA coffin.
  4. nauticalA gasket.
verbcasket (third-person singular simple present caskets, present participle casketing, simple past and past participle casketed)

present singular third person caskets · participle present casketing · participle past casketed · past casketed

  1. poetictransitiveTo put into, or preserve in, a casket.

    I have […] casketed my treasure.

    c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbox in which a corpse is buried or cremated

Similar
coffin
Broader
box

nounsmall and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables

Similar
jewel casket
Broader
box
Also see
coffin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Normancassette
  2. Englishcasket

Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κύτος
  • κύτος (kútos)little box e.g. for jewelry
Bulgarian касетка, ковчеже
  • касетка (kasetka)little box e.g. for jewelry
  • ковчеже (kovčeže)little box e.g. for jewelry
  • урна (urna)urn
Catalan cofret, escriny
  • cofretlittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • escrinylittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • urnaurn
Czech skříňka, kazeta
  • skříňkalittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • kazetalittle box e.g. for jewelry
Esperanto kesteto, skatoleto
  • kestetolittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • skatoletolittle box e.g. for jewelry
Finnish lipas, rasia
  • lipaslittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • rasialittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • uurnaurn
French coffret
  • coffretlittle box e.g. for jewelry
German Schatulle, Kästchen
  • Schatullelittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • Kästchenlittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • Urneurn
Greek κασετίνα, κουτί
  • κασετίνα (kasetína)little box e.g. for jewelry
  • κουτί (koutí)little box e.g. for jewelry
  • τεφροδόχος (tefrodóchos)urn
Hungarian ékszerdoboz, ládika
  • ékszerdobozlittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • ládikalittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • ládikólittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • urnaurn
Italian scrigno, cofanetto
  • scrignolittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • cofanettolittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • urnaurn
Latin locellus
  • locelluslittle box e.g. for jewelry
Polish szkatułka, urna
  • szkatułkalittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • urnaurn
Portuguese porta-joias, urna
  • porta-joiaslittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • urnaurn
Russian шкату́лка, коро́бочка
  • шкату́лка (škatúlka)little box e.g. for jewelry
  • коро́бочка (koróbočka)little box e.g. for jewelry
  • у́рна (úrna)urn
Spanish cofrecito, joyero
  • cofrecitolittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • joyerolittle box e.g. for jewelry
  • urnaurn
Swedish skrin
  • skrinlittle box e.g. for jewelry
Ukrainian шкату́лка
  • шкату́лка (škatúlka)little box e.g. for jewelry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with casket

basket
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Anagrams

sacket
Cite this entry
APA

casket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casket

MLA

“casket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “casket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casket.

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