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closed casket

closed casket adjective: held with the casket containing the body remaining closed throughout the entire procession.

Adjective

closed casket (not comparable)

  1. Held with the casket containing the body remaining closed throughout the entire procession.
    • Other red flags raised by investors surrounding Cotten's death included his name being spelled incorrectly on the death certificate and his closed casket funeral. That led to speculation that Cotten may have faked his own death.2022 January 18, Cassie Williams, “Quadriga CEO's widow speaks out over his death and the missing crypto millions”, in CBC News
    Antonyms:
    open casket

Antonyms of closed casket

  • open casket

Questions about closed casket

What does closed casket mean?
Closed casket means held with the casket containing the body remaining closed throughout the entire procession.
What part of speech is closed casket?
Closed casket is an adjective.

Words near closed casket in the dictionary

  1. closed campus
  2. closed campuses
  3. closed caption
  4. closed captioning
  5. closed captions
  6. closed casket
  7. closed circuit
  8. closed circuits
  9. closed circulatory system
  10. closed circulatory systems
  11. closed cities

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