'Casket' definitions:
Definition of 'casket'
(from WordNet)
noun
Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket]
noun
Small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket]
verb
Enclose in a casket
Definition of 'Casket'
From: GCIDE
- Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Casket'
From: GCIDE
- Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Casket'
From: GCIDE
- Casket \Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.]
- 1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The little casket bring me hither. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (--Shak.) (b) The tomb. (--Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] [1913 Webster]
- They found him dead . . . an empty casket. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'casket'
From: GCIDE
- Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.]
- 1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material, used to make joints impermeable to fluids. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'casket'
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