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cas·ket

(kăs′kĭt)

1. A coffin.

2. A small case or chest, as for jewels and other valuables.

tr.v. cas·ket·ed, cas·ket·ing, cas·kets

To enclose in a case, chest, or coffin.

[Middle English, possibly alteration of Old French cassette; see cassette.]

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casket

(ˈkɑːskɪt)

1. a small box or chest for valuables, esp jewels

2. chiefly US another name for coffin¹

[C15: probably from Old French cassette little box; see case²]

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cas•ket

(ˈkæs kɪt, ˈkɑ skɪt)

n.

1. a coffin.

2. a small chest or box, as for jewels.

v.t.

3. to put or enclose in a casket.

[1425–75; late Middle English; of uncertain orig.]

Casket, Casquet

a small chest, as of jewels; a selection of literary or musical gems.

Examples: casket of jewels; of literary selections; of musical selections; of songs, 1850.

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Noun	1.	casket - box in which a corpse is buried or cremated coffin bier - a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard" box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" sarcophagus - a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
	2.	casket - small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables jewel casket box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
Verb	1.	casket - enclose in a casket inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

casket

noun

1. box, case, chest, coffer, ark (dialect), jewel box, coffret, kist (Scot. & Northern English dialect) a jewellery casket made from French walnut

2. coffin, sarcophagus The casket was slowly lowered into the open grave.

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Translations

عُلْبَةٌ لِحِفْظِ المُجَوْهَراتنَعْش، تابوت

rakevskříňka na šperky

kisteskrin

Sarg Schmuckkästchen

ataúd cofre estuche

cercueil coffret

ékszerládikaérckoporsó

askja, skrínlíkkista

bara scrigno urna cassettino cofanetto

dėžutėkarstas

šķirstiņšzārks

likkiste

mücevher kutusutabut

棺材首饰盒

casket

[ˈkɑːskɪt] N (for jewels) → estuche m, cofre m (esp US) (= coffin) → ataúd m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

casket

[ˈkɑːskɪt] n

(= small box) → coffret m

(US) (= coffin) → cercueil m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

casket

n → Schatulle f; (for cremated ashes) → Urne f; (US: = coffin) → Sarg m, → Totenschrein m (geh)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

casket

[ˈkɑːskɪt] n (for jewels) → scrigno, cofanetto (Am) (coffin) → bara

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

casket

(ˈkaːskit) noun

1. a small case for holding jewels etc.

2. (especially American) a coffin.

casket

n. ataúd, caja.

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This rose and this nightingale the Princess was to have, and so they were both put into silver caskets and sent to her.

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So the Princess was to have the rose, and the nightingale; and they were accordingly put into large silver caskets, and sent to her.

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When a suitor presents himself and asks for the lady's hand in marriage, he is shown three caskets, one of gold, one of silver, and one of lead.

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Here,' he said, taking a key from the little bag of life and death, `here is the little bronze key that opens the two ebony caskets on the mantelpiece in the Louis-Philippe room.

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Removing this and a second wrapping of some silken fabric, he placed a little box, or casket, on my table, most beautifully and richly inlaid in jewels, on an ebony ground.

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So he sat at the feet of one awhile, and then he sat awhile at the feet of the other, and at last he applied his ear to the keyhole of the casket containing the Ashes of Madame Blavatsky.

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--As if delicate hands carried a casket towards me--a casket open for the delectation of modest adoring eyes: thus did the world present itself before me to-day:--

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Every time I see you is a fresh diamond which I enclose in the casket of my heart.

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Removal of the casket from its box was less easy, but it was taken out, for it was a perquisite of Jess, who carefully unscrewed the cover and laid it aside, exposing the body in black trousers and white shirt.

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'Heaven aid me now!' said she; and she took the casket that the sun had given her, and found that within it lay a dress as dazzling as the sun itself.

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But in his house, the day before yesterday, in his own library, hidden in a casket which opened only with a secret lock, I found two things."

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Setting out in their canoes, after a perilous passage they discovered the island, and there they found an empty ivory casket, --the poor little Indian's skeleton.

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