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   cas·ket

   /ˈkaskət/

   noun

   • 1. a small ornamental box or chest for holding jewels, letters, or other valuable objects: "a small brass casket containing four black opals" Similar boxchestcasecontainerreceptaclecoffertrunkcraterare:pyxis
   • ▪ a coffin. Similar coffinboxinformal:wooden overcoathistorical:sarcophaguscist

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps an Anglo-Norman French form of Old French cassette, diminutive of casse (see case2).

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