Used in a Sentence

casket

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for casket.

Editorial note

Before the casket is closed, I'd like to throw 'spacer.gif' in there with it.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of casket gathered in one view.

noun

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

noun

(Canada, US) A coffin.

noun

(British) An urn.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for casket.

verb

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

Example sentences

1

Before the casket is closed, I'd like to throw 'spacer.gif' in there with it.

2

To convince you you need the expensive casket, the flower arrangements, and even the plot of land and headstone.

3

The funny thing about life is you never realize how much you were loved until you're laying in your casket.

4

Is it wrong of me to hope that he designed his own casket and mausoleum?

5

As long as the russians don't equip this Tank with one of those, its as big a casket as an old T-54.

6

I feel that wanting to be preserved in a casket & grave is sort of morbid anyway.

7

I went to a lot of closed casket funerals and then got too depressed to go anymore.

8

I believe the parchment material found with the letters VI was a piece of the King James VI Bible, placed within a casket.

9

$20,000 is absolutely realistic if he wants to be buried with an average casket, average headstone and average ceremony.

10

This seems not too bad, until you factor in utilities, random car repairs, saving for vacations (or maybe just skip the vacations and save for a fancy casket).

11

Her casket alone cost something like 5 grand.

12

Quite a funeral, that was -- I never in my life saw so many flower arrangements around a casket, or so few with cards attached.

Quote examples

1

Six on one side of the store, six on the other side, pallbearers of an invisible casket." Lol.

2

One of his diagnoses* is a form of "anorexia." The picture of him in his casket was unrecognizably thin.

3

I think you are right, and the solution is a meta-textual reassurance, specifically of the form: " if one of the statements is true, then which casket should the suitor choose?"

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use casket in a sentence?

Before the casket is closed, I'd like to throw 'spacer.gif' in there with it.

What does casket mean?

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

What part of speech is casket?

casket is commonly used as noun, verb.