casket
A little box, e.g.
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IKEA have released a budget version of their super popular ROSSIYSKIY MIR casket. Now, even the poorest russian families can bury their SVO heros in style. 🤗
I’ll pay for the ballroom if his casket is underneath it at the ribbon cutting. #HelloSecretService #FirstAmendment
The Puppet's Casket Tapromance. Steam disclosure -y
Im gonna storm her funeral and shit in the casket
Meanwhile, Gen Z is more likely to prefer casket burial than boomers. Americans are open to other burial methods like human composting, donation to science and green burials, according to Tanya D. Marsh, a scholar o…
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A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
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(Britain) An urn.
"casket" means an urn. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"casket" is informal English meaning an urn. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "an urn" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "casket" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“For example, some may offer a _protective casket_ that uses a [gasket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasket "Gasket") to seal the casket shut after it is closed for the final time.”
“# Casket (decorative box) Casket (decorative box) Small box to store beauty items "Jewelry box" redirects here.”
“If an [internal link](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Casket&namespace=0) led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.”
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(North America) A coffin.
"casket" means a coffin. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"casket" is informal English meaning a coffin. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "a coffin" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "casket" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“IKEA have released a budget version of their super popular ROSSIYSKIY MIR casket. Now, even the poorest russian families can bury their SVO heros in style. 🤗”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ll pay for the ballroom if his casket is underneath it at the ribbon cutting. #HelloSecretService #FirstAmendment”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Puppet's Casket Tapromance. Steam disclosure -y”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Im gonna storm her funeral and shit in the casket”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Meanwhile, Gen Z is more likely to prefer casket burial than boomers. Americans are open to other burial methods like human composting, donation to science and green burials, according to Tanya D. Marsh, a scholar of funeral studies at Wake Forest University.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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