Casket
noun
A box used to bury someone who has died.
The funeral home staff prepared the casket for the burial.
Often appears as...
- closed casket
- open casket
noun
A small decorative box for keeping jewellery or other valuable items.
She kept her grandmother's pearl necklace in a small, wooden casket.
Often appears as...
- jewelry casket
- wooden casket
noun
A box used to bury someone who has died.
The funeral home staff prepared the casket for the burial.
Often appears as...
- closed casket
- open casket
noun
A small decorative box for keeping jewellery or other valuable items.
She kept her grandmother's pearl necklace in a small, wooden casket.
Often appears as...
- jewelry casket
- wooden casket
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Funeral Association
Casket often refers to a coffin and implies a somber, respectful atmosphere at funerals.
The family gathered around the casket to pay their last respects.
Pro Tip 2/3Types of Services
Caskets are associated with different funeral services, such as 'open casket' or 'closed casket'.
They had an open casket service so people could say goodbye.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Variance
'Casket' does not specify material, so it can be made of wood, metal, or other materials.
The mahogany casket was adorned with elegant brass handles.
Pro Tip 1/3Funeral Association
Casket often refers to a coffin and implies a somber, respectful atmosphere at funerals.
The family gathered around the casket to pay their last respects.
Pro Tip 2/3Types of Services
Caskets are associated with different funeral services, such as 'open casket' or 'closed casket'.
They had an open casket service so people could say goodbye.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Variance
'Casket' does not specify material, so it can be made of wood, metal, or other materials.
The mahogany casket was adorned with elegant brass handles.
Pro Tip 1/3Funeral Association
Casket often refers to a coffin and implies a somber, respectful atmosphere at funerals.
The family gathered around the casket to pay their last respects.
Pro Tip 2/3Types of Services
Caskets are associated with different funeral services, such as 'open casket' or 'closed casket'.
They had an open casket service so people could say goodbye.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Variance
'Casket' does not specify material, so it can be made of wood, metal, or other materials.
The mahogany casket was adorned with elegant brass handles.
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How to raise a Black son...
Always keep your hands where they can see them, don't move too quickly, take off your hood when the sun goes down. My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs, so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin. So that we could be kids, not casket or concrete.
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Chinaka Hodge: What will...
But speak to your girls of this wartime, a year preceded by a score of the same, so as in two decades before, we wiped our eyes, laced caskets with flags, evacuated the crime scene of the club, caterwauled in the street, laid our bodies on the concrete against the outlines of our fallen,
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Gold Letters PIPE National...
but I got a last-minute lead on this casket factory that uses gold and silver hey gentlemen are you doing good who are you so what can I do for you guys I came actually looking for old caskets a lot of times they'll have gold or silver inlays on them hmm we have some stuff in
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Beautiful “Underwater...
can't control those things there's nothing you can do about it but with every dive you're meeting this fascinating casket character and if you're patient if you give it time you get those moments you'd be able to make those pictures and a lile viewer is a
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A burial practice that...
So let's return to the idea of protection, sanitation and beautification. We'll start with a dead body. The funeral industry will protect your dead body by offering to sell your family a casket made of hardwood or metal with a rubber sealant.
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My immigration story -...
us he had to close the casket my mother asked us to feel her hand she asked the monk why is it that her hand is so warm and the rest of her is so cold because you have been holding it since this morning he said you have not let it go
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What happens to our...
such as biodegradable caskets, urns that sprout trees, and burial suits that grow mushrooms. Eternal reefs take that concept to the depths of the ocean using a mixture of ashes and cement to create marine habitats for sea life.
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When I die, recompose me...
Conventional burial begins with embalming, where funeral staff drain bodily fluid and replace it with a mixture designed to preserve the corpse and give it a lifelike glow. Then, as you know, bodies are buried in a casket
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Trafficked Season Two -...
are you a nazi i've been doing it all my life i'll do it till i'm late in the casket it seems to me like there's a fire spreading do you think it's too late to
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The Profound Power of...
Like my dad said, it's better than having a eulogy read over a casket. Thank you.
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How to raise a Black son...
Always keep your hands where they can see them, don't move too quickly, take off your hood when the sun goes down. My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs, so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin. So that we could be kids, not casket or concrete.
Video examples
Chinaka Hodge: What will...
But speak to your girls of this wartime, a year preceded by a score of the same, so as in two decades before, we wiped our eyes, laced caskets with flags, evacuated the crime scene of the club, caterwauled in the street, laid our bodies on the concrete against the outlines of our fallen,
Video examples
Gold Letters PIPE National...
but I got a last-minute lead on this casket factory that uses gold and silver hey gentlemen are you doing good who are you so what can I do for you guys I came actually looking for old caskets a lot of times they'll have gold or silver inlays on them hmm we have some stuff in
Video examples
Beautiful “Underwater...
can't control those things there's nothing you can do about it but with every dive you're meeting this fascinating casket character and if you're patient if you give it time you get those moments you'd be able to make those pictures and a lile viewer is a
Video examples
A burial practice that...
So let's return to the idea of protection, sanitation and beautification. We'll start with a dead body. The funeral industry will protect your dead body by offering to sell your family a casket made of hardwood or metal with a rubber sealant.
Video examples
My immigration story -...
us he had to close the casket my mother asked us to feel her hand she asked the monk why is it that her hand is so warm and the rest of her is so cold because you have been holding it since this morning he said you have not let it go
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What happens to our...
such as biodegradable caskets, urns that sprout trees, and burial suits that grow mushrooms. Eternal reefs take that concept to the depths of the ocean using a mixture of ashes and cement to create marine habitats for sea life.
Video examples
When I die, recompose me...
Conventional burial begins with embalming, where funeral staff drain bodily fluid and replace it with a mixture designed to preserve the corpse and give it a lifelike glow. Then, as you know, bodies are buried in a casket
Video examples
Trafficked Season Two -...
are you a nazi i've been doing it all my life i'll do it till i'm late in the casket it seems to me like there's a fire spreading do you think it's too late to
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The Profound Power of...
Like my dad said, it's better than having a eulogy read over a casket. Thank you.
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Hank Snow
Canadian Musician
It's really sort of morbid, but she said her mother wanted to see me all her life. And when she died, she made just one request: that a picture of me be put into her casket. So somewhere in England, I'm in a casket.
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Jim Bishop
American Journalist
When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?
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Ice Cube
American Musician
I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
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Charlie Baker
American Politician
The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.
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Lou Duva
American Coach
I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee.
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Fat Joe
American Musician
I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket. Perfect description.
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Nancy Grace
American Journalist
I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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Eric Bogosian
American Actor
As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.
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Theo Epstein
American Businessman
I don't want to be buried in a Red Sox casket.
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Hank Snow
Canadian Musician
It's really sort of morbid, but she said her mother wanted to see me all her life. And when she died, she made just one request: that a picture of me be put into her casket. So somewhere in England, I'm in a casket.
Quote examples
Jim Bishop
American Journalist
When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?
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Ice Cube
American Musician
I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
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Charlie Baker
American Politician
The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.
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Lou Duva
American Coach
I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee.
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Fat Joe
American Musician
I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket. Perfect description.
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Nancy Grace
American Journalist
I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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Eric Bogosian
American Actor
As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.
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Theo Epstein
American Businessman
I don't want to be buried in a Red Sox casket.
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