Standard Lemma guide

casket

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkæs.kɪt/
  • UK: /ˈkɑː.skɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkæs.kɪt/
  • rhymes with -æskɪt
  • rhymes with (UK) -ɑːskɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 S K AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An urn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A coffin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A gasket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: poetic, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jewel casket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: box

7

noun

Meaning 7

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coffin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: box

Narrower terms: bier, sarcophagus

8

verb

Meaning 8

enclose in a casket

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: sandıqca — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Azerbaijani: mücrü — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Bashkir: шкату́лка (şkatúlka) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Belarusian: шкату́лка (škatúlka) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Bulgarian: касетка (kasetka) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Bulgarian: ковчеже (kovčeže) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Catalan: cofret — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Catalan: escriny — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Czech: skříňka — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Czech: kazeta — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Esperanto: kesteto — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Esperanto: skatoleto — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Finnish: lipas — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Finnish: rasia — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • French: coffret — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Galician: couselo — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Galician: causela — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • German: Schatulle — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • German: Kästchen — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Greek: κασετίνα (kasetína) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Greek: κουτί (koutí) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Ancient Greek: κύτος (kútos) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Hungarian: ékszerdoboz — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Hungarian: ládika — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Hungarian: ládikó — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Italian: scrigno — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Italian: cofanetto — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Latin: locellus — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Macedonian: ко́вчеже (kóvčeže) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Polish: szkatułka — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Portuguese: porta-joias — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Russian: шкату́лка (škatúlka) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Russian: коро́бочка (koróbočka) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Spanish: cofrecito — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Spanish: joyero — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Swedish: skrin — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Ukrainian: шкату́лка (škatúlka) — little box e.g. for jewelry
  • Bulgarian: урна (urna) — urn
  • Catalan: urna — urn
  • Finnish: uurna — urn
  • German: Urne — urn
  • Greek: τεφροδόχος (tefrodóchos) — urn
  • Hungarian: urna — urn
  • Italian: urna — urn
  • Macedonian: у́рна (úrna) — urn
  • Polish: urna — urn
  • Portuguese: urna — urn
  • Russian: у́рна (úrna) — urn
  • Spanish: urna — urn
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