closed casket

English

Adjective

closed casket (not comparable)

1. (Of a funeral) Held with the casket containing the body remaining closed throughout the entire procession.

   Coordinate term: open casket

   • 2022 January 18, Cassie Williams, “Quadriga CEO's widow speaks out over his death and the missing crypto millions”, in CBC News‎^[1]:

     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.

Further reading

• “closed-casket”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.