caskets
Final resting containers
Caskets are containers for burial—coffins, typically rectangular with a hinged lid.
The word sounds gentler than coffin, which is why American funeral homes prefer it.
Originally, a casket was a small ornamental box for jewelry or keepsakes, and this sense survives: a casket of love letters.
The burial meaning arose in 19th-century America.
Burial container for remains
- funeralService honoring the dead
- intermentPutting a body underground
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
hearse · mortuary · burial · deceased · undertaker · embalming · viewing · wake
Container for personal ornaments
- trinket boxSmall container for mementos
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- velvet liningSoft fabric coating inside
- hinged lidAttached pivoting cover
treasure chest · ring box · compartments · ornate · lacquered · inlaid · mother-of-pearl · gilt
Sacred devotional place
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- saintsCanonized religious figures
veneration · ornamental · gilded · ecclesiastical · cathedral · pilgrimage · holy · medieval
coffin
Burial container for remains
- funeralService honoring the dead
- intermentPutting a body underground
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
pallbearer · hearse · mortuary · burial · deceased · undertaker · embalming · viewing · wake · graveside
jewelry box
Container for personal ornaments
- trinket boxSmall container for mementos
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- velvet liningSoft fabric coating inside
hinged lid · treasure chest · ring box · compartments · ornate · lacquered · inlaid · mother-of-pearl · gilt · precious
shrine
Sacred devotional place
saints · veneration · ornamental · gilded · ecclesiastical · cathedral · pilgrimage · holy · medieval · devotional
- death carefuneral, burial, cremation, coffin, hearse
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
- funeral homecoffin, coffins, embalmer, embalming, funeral director
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, coffin, funeral homes
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- Medieval artifactsmanuscripts, chalices, illuminated texts, ivories, scrolls
- open casketFuneral with visible remains
- closed casketBurial container kept shut
- lowering the casket
- casket sprayFloral tribute for burial
- casket viewingSeeing the body displayed
- metal casketMetallic burial container