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casket en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑː.skɪt/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkæs.kɪt/ (US)
  • /ˈkæs.kɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
  2. (UK) An urn.
  3. (Canada, US) A coffin.
  4. A gasket.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
caskets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

encasket · casketful · casket magazine · casketless · fantasy casket · closed casket · recasket

Translations (49)

gl causela (little box e.g. for jewelry) · uk шкату́лка (little box e.g. for jewelry) · de Kästchen (little box e.g. for jewelry) · ru у́рна (urn) · eo skatoleto (little box e.g. for jewelry) · fi lipas (little box e.g. for jewelry) · la locellus (little box e.g. for jewelry) · ba шкату́лка (little box e.g. for jewelry) · de Urne (urn) · pt urna (urn) · de Schatulle (little box e.g. for jewelry) · cs skříňka (little box e.g. for jewelry) · es urna (urn) · es joyero (little box e.g. for jewelry) · bg касетка (little box e.g. for jewelry) · az mücrü (little box e.g. for jewelry) · hu ládikó (little box e.g. for jewelry) · ru коро́бочка (little box e.g. for jewelry) · it urna (urn) · fi uurna (urn) · it cofanetto (little box e.g. for jewelry) · az sandıqca (little box e.g. for jewelry) · grc κύτος (little box e.g. for jewelry) · hu ékszerdoboz (little box e.g. for jewelry) · cs kazeta (little box e.g. for jewelry) · be шкату́лка (little box e.g. for jewelry) · mk у́рна (urn) · ca cofret (little box e.g. for jewelry) · es cofrecito (little box e.g. for jewelry) · bg урна (urn) · ru шкату́лка (little box e.g. for jewelry) · fi rasia (little box e.g. for jewelry) · eo kesteto (little box e.g. for jewelry) · ca escriny (little box e.g. for jewelry) · gl couselo (little box e.g. for jewelry) · fr coffret (little box e.g. for jewelry) · ca urna (urn) · el κουτί (little box e.g. for jewelry) · hu ládika (little box e.g. for jewelry) · pt porta-joias (little box e.g. for jewelry) · el τεφροδόχος (urn) · mk ко́вчеже (little box e.g. for jewelry) · bg ковчеже (little box e.g. for jewelry) · hu urna (urn) · el κασετίνα (little box e.g. for jewelry) · pl urna (urn) · pl szkatułka (little box e.g. for jewelry) · sv skrin (little box e.g. for jewelry) · it scrigno (little box e.g. for jewelry)

casket en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑː.skɪt/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkæs.kɪt/ (US)
  • /ˈkæs.kɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
    • I have […] casketed my treasure. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
casketing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
casketed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
casketed Tense=Past lexicographic
caskets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

cask