casket
casket · caskets
шкатулка
коробочка, шкатулка, урна
Kästchen, Urne, Schatulle
A little box, e.g. for jewelleryA little box, e.g. for jewellery.
/ˈkæs.kɪt/
» Tom walked over to the casket and looked in.
Meaning
4 sensesA little box, e.g. for jewellery.
Schatulle, Kästchen
шкату́лкаškatúlka, коро́бочкаkoróbočka
шкату́лкаškatúlka
(UK)An urn.
Urne
у́рнаúrna
(Canada, US)A coffin.
A gasket.
More definitions
- small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
- box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
Examples
12 sentencesTom walked over to the casket and looked in.
Sami walked up to the casket.
You wouldn't fit in a regular casket.
Where are you importing these caskets from?
Mothers know their sons are coming back in caskets.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
little box e.g. for jewelry:
Русский
By meaning 2
little box e.g. for jewelry:
urn:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
little box e.g. for jewelry:
urn:
Origin
Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable asProbably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.
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Forms
plural: casketsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables:jewel casket
- box in which a corpse is buried or cremated:coffin