| Casket 1. (n.) A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. 2. (n.) A kind of burial case. 3. (n.) Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed 4. (n.) The body. 5. (n.) The tomb. 6. (n.) A book of selections. 7. (n.) A gasket. See Gasket. 8. (v. t.) To put into, or preserve in, a casket. Thesaurus Entries 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 |