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casket.

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkæs.kɪt/UK/ˈkɑː.skɪt/UK/ˈkæs.kɪt/US
  1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

  2. An urn.

    UK
  3. A coffin.

    Canada · US
  4. A gasket.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈkæs.kɪt/UK/ˈkɑː.skɪt/UK/ˈkæs.kɪt/US
  1. To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

    poetic · transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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