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Definitions: Casket |
CasketNoun1. Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2. Small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables. Verb1. Enclose in a casket. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "casket" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: CasketSynonyms: coffin (n), jewel casket (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Casket |
| English words defined with "casket": guard of honor ♦ honor guard ♦ jewel casket ♦ Sea gaskets. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "casket": CASKET ASSEMBLER, METAL, Casket Homer, CASKET INSPECTOR, CASKET LINER, casket upholsterer, Corpse ♦ DIRECTOR, FUNERAL ♦ Embalm, embalmer assistant ♦ FUNERAL ATTENDANT, funeral-home attendant ♦ manager, funeral home, MORTUARY BEAUTICIAN ♦ Portia ♦ SHIRRING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SUPERVISOR, CEMETERY WORKERS, SUPERVISOR, COVERING AND LINING, SUPERVISOR, FINISHING, SUPERVISOR, SEWING ROOM ♦ undertaker assistant. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "casket": Cassette. (references) |
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Screenplays | Death is #2! That means that at a funeral, the average American would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Sir, this casket is $1,000. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) We even had a casket (Cast Away; writing credit: William Broyles Jr.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Jade Casket (1929) | |
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 | Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Jim Finch stands before the casket of Medal of Honor recipient John L. Levitow, Nov. 17, at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington. Levitow died Nov. 8 at his home in Connecticut after a lengthy battle with cancer. (Pho. |  | Pallbearers with casket walking in front of sign reading "here lies Jim Crow" during the NAACP Detroit branch "Parade for Victory".Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The body of Malcolm X, slain Negro nationalist leader, lies in casket at the Unity Funeral Home, Eighth Ave. and 126th St.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Demonstrators leaving New York's Pennsylvania Station bound for Washington, D.C., carry signs supporting Ethel and Julius Rosenberg as they walk by a soldier's flag-draped casket.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A policeman and two other men, possibly undertakers, with the covered casket of Legs Diamond on a stretcher next to a hearse.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Meeting casket at railroad station. Shelbyville, Indiana.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Flag-draped casket of the unknown soldier on horsedrawn caisson in front of the U.S. Capitol.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | America's highest dignitaries of state, army and navy stand at salute while the casket containing the body of the unknown soldiers is borne to the casson [sic] taking it from the Navy Yard to the Capitol. In the group are General Pershing, Gen. Lejeune, c.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Burial of Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va.; President Harding standing beside casket, Nov. 11, 1921.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery--flag-draped casket, unloaded from ship, being carried by sailors and marines.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | No wonder that Alexander carried the Iliad with him on his expeditions in a precious casket. |
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Economic History | Portugal | Fast growth market niches include wood pallets - $ 898,000 in CY-1999, up from $ 19,000 in CY-1998 - and oak staves for wine casket production - $ 608,000 in CY-1999, up from $ 160,000 in CY-1998. (references) |
Human Rights | Argentina | On one occasion, when she picked up Gonzalez at the police station, she was told that next time he would be turned over to her in a casket like her other son. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree, or enriching his table as a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after awhile if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and rose are languishing for a nibble at his glutoeus maximus. |
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| "Casket" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.35% of the time. "Casket" is used about 113 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.35% | 110 | 30,952 |
| Noun (common) | 1.77% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 113 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "casket": jewel casket. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "casket": casket-maker. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
casket | 1,102 | casket plan | 13 |
funeral casket | 132 | casket urn | 13 |
pet casket | 109 | wooden casket | 12 |
batesville casket | 84 | wood casket | 12 |
golden casket | 81 | aurora casket company | 11 |
burial casket | 71 | casket lottery lyrics | 11 |
discount casket | 54 | casket spray | 11 |
batesville casket company | 51 | casket parade | 11 |
wholesale casket | 38 | casket hentai roll | 10 |
casket lottery | 34 | casket making | 10 |
casket open | 25 | dog casket | 10 |
casket company | 24 | batesville casket co | 10 |
casket picture | 22 | infant casket | 10 |
aurora casket | 22 | casket golden result | 10 |
casket store | 19 | pine casket | 9 |
casket for sale | 18 | casket coffin | 9 |
york casket | 17 | cheap casket | 9 |
casket manufacturer | 17 | antigonish casket | 9 |
casket hardware | 14 | casket art | 9 |
casket roll | 13 | casket furniture | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "casket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kuti (box, canister, case, container, crate, receptacle, sandbank, Square, thriftbox, tray), arkivol (bier, coffin, shell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نعش (bier, brace, brisk, buck up, coffin, elevate, exhilarate, freshen, freshen up, ginger, hearse, invigorate, pall, pick up, put smb. on his leg, rally, reanimate, reflate, refresh, revitalize, revive), تابوت (ark of the covenant, coffin, pall), علبة الجواهر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ковчег (ark, bier, box, coffin), ковчеже. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 櫝 (cabinet, case), 小箱. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skřínka (cabinet), rakev (coffin), kazeta (box, cartridge, cassette, tape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | صندوق یاتابوت , جعبه کوچک , جعبه جواهر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coffret (cabinet, canteen, case), cercueil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schatulle (box, coffer), kästchen (case, caskets, small box, Square), Kassette (audiocassette, box, caisson, can, cartridge, case, cassette, cassette tape holder, coffer, container, magnetic tape cassette, pack, radiographic cassette, set, slipcase, tape cartridge, tape magazine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φέρετρο (coffin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ארון מתים (coffin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érckoporsó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | peti kecil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cofanetto, scrigno (box, coffer), bara (bier, coffin, stretcher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 霊柩 (coffin), 棺桶 (coffin), 棺 (coffin), 小箱 (small box), カシミア糸 (cascade, cashew nuts, cashmere, cashmere yarn, casino, castanets, caster, casual, casual look, casual water, casual wear, custard pudding, custom, custom IC, customize, customized car, customized communication, customizer, custom-made, customs), 寝棺 (coffin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ねか" (coffin), か"おけ (coffin), か" (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), "ば" (small box), れいきゅう (coffin), カスケット . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 관 (Coffin, officialdom, pipe, pipes, tube, tubular, Vascular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kishtey (box, box container, carton, case, chest, cist, crate, pot, pyx, rock pool, suitcase, trunk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asketcay caixão (coffin, locker), urna (ballot box, shrine, urn), pequeno cofre, guarda-jóias (jewel case, jeweler), estojo (box, boxing, case, cover, holder, kit, outer sleeve, pyxis, quill, set, sheat, sheath, socket, spacer). (various references) cutie (box, cabinet, case, cover, drawer, package, pillbox, socket), casetã (box, coffer, colophon, pigeon-hole), lãdiţã (coffret, locker). (various references) гроб (coffin, eternity box, hearse). (various references) kovčeg (ark, ark of the covenant, chest, locker). (various references) cofre (Boxfish, case, chest, coffer, enclosure, housing), cajita (container, small box), ataúd (capsule, coffin). (various references) skrin (box, case, coffer, shrine), schatull (canteen). (various references) tabut (coffin), mücevher kutusu, küçük kutu. (various references) скринька (cabinet, case, cassette, cist), ховати и скриньку, труна (bier, coffin, hearse), шкатулка (cabinet, cassette), контейнер (carrier, cask, container, package), класти в труну (coffin), оболонка (capsule, carcass, casing, coma, covering, envelope, membrane, operculum, rind, sheath, shell, skin, tunic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capsella, capsellam, pyus pyxidis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "casket": casketed, casketing, caskets. (additional references) | |
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"Casket" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asketh, Axkxt, Caset, cashet, caske, Casken, Caski, Caskies, casteth, castke, Ccaccat, Ceske, cisret, Cskac, icazet, Kaske, Ocasek, Paskett, tasket. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "casket" (pronounced ka"skut) |
| 5 | -a" s k u t | basket, gasket. |
| 4 | -s k u t | biscuit, breadbasket, brisket, musket, wastebasket. |
| 3 | -k u t | advocate, affricate, aftermarket, Becket, blanket, bucket, certificate, circuit, cricket, delicate, docket, duplicate, etiquette, hypermarket, indelicate, intricate, jacket, junket, market, microcircuit, Newmarket, packet, patriarchate, picket, pickpocket, pocket, premarket, racket, racquet, remarket, rocket, silicate, skyrocket, socket, sprocket, straitjacket, syndicate, thicket, ticket, tourniquet, trinket, triplicate, tunicate, upmarket, wicket. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-k-s-t" | |
-1 letter: cakes, caste, cates, cesta, skate, stack, stake, steak, taces, tacks, takes, teaks. | |
-2 letters: aces, acts, ates, cake, case, cask, cast, cate, cats, east, eats, etas, kaes, kats, keas, sack, sake, sate, scat, seat, sect, seta, skat, tace, tack, take, task, teak, teas. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ask, ate, cat, eat, eta, kae, kas, kat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-k-s-t" | |
+1 letter: backset, cakiest, caskets, jackets, packets, rackets, restack, retacks, setback, stacked, stacker, tackers, tackets, tackles. | |
+2 letters: backrest, backseat, backsets, blackest, brackets, casketed, crankest, hotcakes, klatches, oatcakes, plackets, restacks, retracks, setbacks, slackest, stackers, stockade, tackiest, tacklers, tackless, teacakes, tiebacks, trackers, wackiest, wetbacks. | |
+3 letters: attackers, awestruck, backbeats, backbites, backdates, backrests, backseats, backstage, backswept, caretakes, casketing, chalkiest, chatchkes, crankiest, creakiest, croakiest, hackliest, headstock, heartsick, jacksmelt, kamacites, klatsches, latchkeys, reattacks, rejackets, restacked, retackles, shortcake, sidetrack, skeptical, stackable, stockaded, stockades, tackifies, tackiness, thwackers, trackages, trackless, trackside, truckages, tuckahoes, unstacked, whackiest. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 73 6B 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- ... -.- . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110011 01101011 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a s k e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0073 006B 0065 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376785777186 |
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