cask

Definition of casknext
as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years

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Recent Examples of cask This is not the first time it’s been used in American whiskey—previous examples aged in these types of casks include expressions from Middle West, Heaven’s Door, Castle & Key, and 15 Stars. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026 Key malts include bourbon-barrel whisky finished in apple brandy casks and ex-shochu re-charred casks finished in white wine. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026 Guests can book a private bottling or cask experience or even a complete full barrel selection. Katie Riley, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026 Most of the time, Dewar’s will have over 100 warehouses full of aging barrels of whisky, 25,000 casks in each one. Christopher Null, Wired News, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cask
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Noun
  • Oil prices have also risen to above $100 per barrel.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The war continued to escalate on its 13th day as oil prices spiraled up again to $100 per barrel, and stocks sank worldwide over fears that the conflict could drag on longer than hoped.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kicking off with the Weekend Update co-host as the ex-Fox host keg-guzzling and Sprite-spitting, Jost’s Hegseth proceeded to shoot off about the media asking too many questions about what was happening in Iran.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The announcement was made during Friday's official Bockfest happy hour keg tapping.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The whiskey spent 16 months aging in these European oak hogsheads, which were seasoned with Moscatel for two years before heading to Midleton, and was bottled at 46 percent ABV.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
  • In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes, Ramsden and his peers in Mississippi might hop down in the mud to lay irrigation pipe.
    Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • One of those projects is a pipe replacement in the area of 1st Street and Holmes Street in the River Market.
    Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026

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“Cask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cask. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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