1
: a barrel-shaped vessel of staves, headings, and hoops usually for liquids
2
: a cask and its contents
also
: the quantity contained in a cask
Examples of cask in a Sentence
an oak cask for wine
They drank a cask of wine.
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Bowman’s two prior Oak Series releases focused on French and American oak casks, respectively.
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David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The blend consists of just 160 barrels and each component was aged separately before being married together and bottled at cask strength of 122.5 proof with no chill filtration.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
It’s made from the grape savagnin, and each vintage is aged for an astonishing six years in an oak cask.
—Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025
The whisky was distilled way back in 1940 at the Speyside distillery, but it was put into a Gordon & MacPhail American oak cask (Cask 336 to be exact) by George Urquhart and his father, John, who managed the business under the tutelage of founders James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 July 2025
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David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The blend consists of just 160 barrels and each component was aged separately before being married together and bottled at cask strength of 122.5 proof with no chill filtration.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
It’s made from the grape savagnin, and each vintage is aged for an astonishing six years in an oak cask.
—Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025
The whisky was distilled way back in 1940 at the Speyside distillery, but it was put into a Gordon & MacPhail American oak cask (Cask 336 to be exact) by George Urquhart and his father, John, who managed the business under the tutelage of founders James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cask
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“Cask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cask. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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cask
noun1
: a barrel-shaped container usually for liquids
2
: the quantity contained in a cask
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