casket

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkæs.kɪt/ (UK)
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/ˈkæs.kɪt/ (UK) · /ˈkɑː.skɪt/ (UK) · /ˈkæs.kɪt/ (US)

Definition of casket

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
    “They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked”
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noun

  1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
    “They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked”
  2. (British)An urn.
  3. (Canada, US)A coffin.
  4. A gasket.

verb

  1. (poetic, transitive)To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
    “I have […] casketed my treasure.”

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of casket

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Hooks

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