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 The dessert room features 70 private booths made of wine casks where diners can choose from 50 decadent desserts to sample with a hot drink or dozens of dessert wines and ports. Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026 First, it's naturally fermented, then it's aged in wooden casks. Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 12 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 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
  • The Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, which can process some 730,000 barrels of oil per day, is one of the largest in the Middle East.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
  • That oil will be in addition to the 440 million barrels the United States and other countries are releasing from their reserves to combat rising fuel prices.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 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
  • Then, more than 40 years later, it was transferred into three Spanish oak Pedro Ximénez hogsheads in 2014.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Is it supposed to be funny that this government suit has a set of pipes?
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Sales need to be arranged, oil needs to move through pipes and on ships.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026

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“Cask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cask. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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