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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This Barbados rum is aged 5 years in ex-bourbon casks and bottled by Maison Ferrand.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The component blends were finished separately in Kentucky in Hungarian oak barrels and casks previously used to mature Spanish brandy; then, they were blended together.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Brand uses a large-format Austrian Stockinger cask to mellow the juice, preferring to focus on the wine’s inside voice.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
According to a Facebook post, it is made with a blend of imperial stouts that were aged between 25 and 31 months in Four Roses and Wild Turkey Distillery casks and conditioned on Madagascar vanilla and marshmallow.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The component blends were finished separately in Kentucky in Hungarian oak barrels and casks previously used to mature Spanish brandy; then, they were blended together.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Brand uses a large-format Austrian Stockinger cask to mellow the juice, preferring to focus on the wine’s inside voice.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
According to a Facebook post, it is made with a blend of imperial stouts that were aged between 25 and 31 months in Four Roses and Wild Turkey Distillery casks and conditioned on Madagascar vanilla and marshmallow.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 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 18 Jul. 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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