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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Last spring, Bushmills released a 46-year-old single malt aged in a pair of sherry casks that was the oldest Irish single malt bottled to date (there have been older pot still whiskeys).
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Expect cask ales, craft beers, and plates like the XXL Stovetop Toastie, served at high tables beneath heritage green tiling.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 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
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Expect cask ales, craft beers, and plates like the XXL Stovetop Toastie, served at high tables beneath heritage green tiling.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 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
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 Sep. 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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