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casket

DEFINITIONS OF: casket

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n small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables

Synonyms:
jewel casket
Type of:
box
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

n box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

Synonyms:
coffin
Types:
bier
a coffin along with its stand
sarcophagus
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
Type of:
box
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

v enclose in a casket

Type of:
close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely
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