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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated;
[syn: coffin, casket]

2. small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables;
[syn: casket, jewel casket]


VERB (1)

1. enclose in a casket;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material, used to make joints impermeable to fluids. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Casket \Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.] 1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. [1913 Webster] The little casket bring me hither. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (--Shak.) (b) The tomb. (--Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] [1913 Webster] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

casket n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket] 2: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket] v 1: enclose in a casket
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "casket": bottle up, box, box in, box up, burial case, cabin, case, chest, cloister, closet, coffer, coffin, confine, container, cramp, crib, encase, entomb, immure, kist, mummy case, receptacle, sarcophagus, straiten