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casket

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Household, Death
cas·ket /ˈkɑːskɪt $ ˈkæs-/ noun [countable]  1. DHa small decorated box in which you keep jewellery and other valuable objects 〔装珠宝等贵重物品的〕小盒,小箱5 see picture at 见图 jewellery2. American EnglishMX a coffin 棺材
Examples from the Corpus
casketThe bed had been taken down to make room for the flowers and chairs and casket.Few of those skeletons resting in caskets in the Catacombs sported hands.Mavis stood with her back against the rear wall, near the drinks bar; peering at the open casket.She had watched him go amongst the caskets, then lift one of the lids, peering inside.The sides of the casket are richly ornate in artistic enamel work and includes cameo paintings of the Kenilworth and Larne clubhouses.Seth promised that the casket would be given to the person who fitted inside it perfectly.No one had gone up to the casket itself to pay their respects.Because of the bullet wounds, the casket had been closed, which was a relief for him.
Origin casket (1400-1500) French cassette; → CASSETTE
cas·ket nounChineseSyllable
which and box Corpus small decorated you keep in a jewellery


casket
casket /ˈkɑːskət, ˈkɑːskɪt $ ˈkæs-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: cassette; cassette
1. a small decorated box in which you keep jewellery and other valuable objects
2. American English a coffin


cas·ketBrE /ˈkɑːskɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæskɪt/ 🔊 nouna small decorated box for holding jewellery or other valuable things, especially in the past (尤指旧时放珠宝等贵重物品的)精致小盒,装饰精美的小箱(NAmE) (also coffin especially in BrE ) a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated 棺材;棺椁;棺木