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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McGuane also reminded me that Hemingway was, to put it politely, a complicated personality, a domineering figure prone to brawling, affairs, and cask-strength egoism.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
All of the whiskeys released by Barrell Craft Spirits, with a couple of exceptions like its Foundation Series that’s bottled at 100 proof, come in at cask-strength.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
So, taking a tour here offers the rare opportunity to see countless shapes of pot stills and cask types all under one roof.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
All of the whiskeys released by Barrell Craft Spirits, with a couple of exceptions like its Foundation Series that’s bottled at 100 proof, come in at cask-strength.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
So, taking a tour here offers the rare opportunity to see countless shapes of pot stills and cask types all under one roof.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 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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