cask

noun

ˈkask 

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

Synonyms

• barrel
• butt
• firkin
• hogshead
• keg
• kilderkin
• pipe
• puncheon
• rundlet
• runlet
• tun

Examples of cask in a Sentence

an oak cask for wine

They drank a cask of wine.

Recent Examples on the Web

Then came 'civilised' drinking, ie drinking at dinners and parties — with Australia inventing the wine cask. —Sadhbh O'Sullivan, refinery29.com, 12 Oct. 2019

This whisky was also matured in ex-bourbon casks, but those extra eight years imbues the smoky liquid with, according to the tasting notes, flavors like leather, seaweed, orange, honey, ginger, and tobacco. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2024

Nuclear waste, for instance, can be stored safely in dry casks on the plant grounds. —Robert Gebelhoff, Washington Post, 25 June 2024

This one spent 27 months in casks: nine months in American oak, nine months in French oak, and nine months back in American oak, so basically an older version of the cristalino minus the filtration. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English caske, perhaps from Middle French casque helmet, from Spanish casco potsherd, skull, helmet

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cask

noun

ˈkask 

1

: a barrel-shaped container usually for liquids

2

: the quantity contained in a cask