casket
cas-ket · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
(American English) A coffin; a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
- 2.
A small ornamental box for holding jewels or other valuables.
Forms
plural: caskets
Related words
Etymology
From Old French cassette ("small box"), diminutive of casse ("case, box"), from Latin capsa. The funeral sense is primarily American, dating from the mid-19th century as a euphemism for "coffin."