casket C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈkæskɪt/ UK /ˈkɑːskɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a coffin; a small ornamental box for valuables Mourners filed past the open casket. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a coffin; a small... coffinboxchestreliquarycasesarcophagus Word family Related forms caskcase Etymology AI details Of uncertain origin; possibly a diminutive of cask, or from Old French cassette ('little box'), diminutive of casse ('case'), from Latin capsa ('box'). capsa Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # casket **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkæskɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɑːskɪt/ ## Meanings 1. a coffin; a small ornamental box for valuables ## Examples - Mourners filed past the open casket. ## Synonyms - coffin - box - chest - reliquary - case - sarcophagus ## Related Forms - cask - case ## Roots and Affixes - Root: capsa ## Etymology Of uncertain origin; possibly a diminutive of cask, or from Old French cassette ('little box'), diminutive of casse ('case'), from Latin capsa ('box'). ## AI Etymology Casket is of uncertain origin; possibly a diminutive of cask, or from Old French cassette ('little box'), diminutive of casse ('case'), from Latin capsa ('box'). The historical trail runs through capsa in Latin. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as a noun, casket now means "a coffin; a small ornamental box for valuables", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cask and case. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown