Meaning of CASKET
| Pronunciation: | | 'kaskit
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
- [n] box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
- [v] enclose in a casket
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | coffin, jewel casket |
| |
| | See Also: | | bier, box, enclose, inclose, sarcophagus, shut in | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr.
Sp. casco.]
1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental
character, as for jewels, etc.
The little casket bring me hither. --Shak.
2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
3. 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.
\Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.)
A gasket. See {Gasket}.
\Cas"ket\, v. t.
To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] ``I have
casketed my treasure.'' --Shak.
|
| |
| Dream Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | Seeing a casket in your dream indicates that it is time to end a situation or relationship. Additionally, it symbolizes a completion of a project or lifestyle and a beginning of another. In this regards, this symbol may represent new opportunities. |
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | bottle up, box, box in, box up, burial case, cabin, case, chest, cloister, closet, coffer, coffin, confine, container, cramp, crib, encase, entomb, immure, kist, mummy case, receptacle, sarcophagus, straiten |
| |
|
|
|