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as in coffins
a boxlike container for holding a dead body
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
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as in bins
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a small casket of jewels
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caskets
Noun
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Those customers put their waste in black, blue and green bins, which are emptied by city workers once a week.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Bauer said city officials are choosing to keep the plan for weekly pickup of blue recycling bins based on concerns that the end of free service will prompt some households with two blue bins to go down to one to save money.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Break down cardboard, shirt and gift boxes so more can fit in the recycling container and fall out readily as it is emptied, Allen said.—
Keith Matheny,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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Instead of lethality, our military is focused on checking race/gender boxes.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The school’s yellow and blue appear on lockers, carpeting, upholstery, desk chairs, and uniforms.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
13 Mar. 2025
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According to their website, Paradigm River North is pet-friendly and offers ground-floor retail and dining, along with amenities such as EV charging stations, a fitness center, valet parking, on-site security and a bike storage room with lockers and showers.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
The Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To do something fun, wear my old trunks, get the old music to play, come out there, and kick somebody in the face?—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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Forest Park asks residents to place the trees on the grass by the curb on the south side of the park's parking lot and to point the trunks toward the parking lot curb and the top of the tree pointing toward West Kemper Road.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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To the side, women wailed, beating their chests or throwing fistfuls of rice and rose petals.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Introduced in 1858, the rectangular canvas chests were stackable, unlike their rounded predecessors.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
10 Mar. 2025
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