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casket

noun

  1. container for jewelry or trinkets
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.kɪt/ / /ˈkɑː.skɪt/

noun

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

  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. An urn.
  3. A coffin.
  4. A gasket.

verb

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

  1. To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

    I have […] casketed my treasure.

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