Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

casket

/ˈkæs.kɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: cas-ket
IPA: /ˈkæs.kɪt/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

noun

An urn.

British usage

noun

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

verb

To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked"
"I have […] casketed my treasure."

Etymology

Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

Word Breakdown

Root: cassette
Suffix: cask

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkæs.kɪt/
British English: /ˈkæs.kɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

caskets (plural) caskets (present, singular) casketing (participle, present) casketed (participle, past) casketed (past)

Derived Forms

casketful casketless encasket recasket

Phrases

casket magazine closed casket fantasy casket

Frequently Paired Words

cask

Synonyms

jewel casket coffin

Rhymes With

basket mascot gasket

Questions

How do you pronounce casket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæs.kɪt/.
What does casket mean?: A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
Where does casket come from?: Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

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