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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At the time, several tequila producers had already been experimenting with different barrel finishes — including wine casks and various oak treatments — but sherry‑specific finishing was still relatively uncommon.
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Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
This very expensive rum combines the last liquid from casks sourced from 13 distilleries across countries in different parts of the world, including Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Guyana, and Brazil.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 May 2026
There’s also a collection of cocktail mixes like Old Fashioned or Manhattan; and maple syrup, from a grower in Vermont, is dark, rich and flavored by bourbon-scented casks.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
The Glenlivet Jamaica edition is a 360-degree flip on this history, according to Daley, with the 12-year whisky finished in casks that previously held Jamaican rum.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
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Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
This very expensive rum combines the last liquid from casks sourced from 13 distilleries across countries in different parts of the world, including Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Guyana, and Brazil.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 May 2026
There’s also a collection of cocktail mixes like Old Fashioned or Manhattan; and maple syrup, from a grower in Vermont, is dark, rich and flavored by bourbon-scented casks.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
The Glenlivet Jamaica edition is a 360-degree flip on this history, according to Daley, with the 12-year whisky finished in casks that previously held Jamaican rum.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
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 3 Jun. 2026.
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cask
noun1
: a barrel-shaped container usually for liquids
2
: the quantity contained in a cask
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