casket

Meanings

Plural: caskets

Noun

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
An urn.
A coffin.
A gasket.

Verb

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

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

coffin, jewel casket

Scrabble Score: 12

casket is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
casket is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
casket is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

casket is a valid Words With Friends word