What does "casket" mean?

Casket: A kind of burial case. [U. S.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak). (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.
  2. 3.A gasket. See Gasket.
  3. 4.To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.

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