Thesaurus results for CASKS

casks

noun

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plural of cask

as in barrels

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 casks 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 Its unique aging process in wooden casks creates complex flavors, with options ranging from everyday to splurge-worthy. —

Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026 The two Karuizawa casks (#6195 and #888) in question were distilled in 1999, a year before the distillery was mothballed, and each is expected to yield about 420 bottles. —

Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2026 It’s typically aged in ex-bourbon casks, although the distillery has been experimenting with maturing or finishing rums in various other cask types, including Cognac casks. —

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

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barrels

Noun

The market movements come one day after IEA member countries pledged to release 400 million barrels of reserves to help mitigate the oil being blocked from transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
With the Strait effectively blocked and hundreds of tankers stranded, many millions of barrels of oil are stuck at sea.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026