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单词 cask
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cask

noun

ˈkask How to pronounce cask (audio)
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

Synonyms

  • barrel
  • butt
  • firkin
  • hogshead
  • keg
  • kilderkin
  • pipe
  • puncheon
  • rundlet
  • runlet
  • tun
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Example Sentences

an oak cask for wine They drank a cask of wine.
Recent Examples on the Web And there’s a cask-strength version of the bourbon on the way soon, which will be released in a very limited run of just 350 bottle packages. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022 Brown spirits—think whiskey and rum—develop their dark color from sitting in a wooden vessel such as a barrel (or cask). Oj Lima, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022 Cuvee cask is a concept developed by the late Jim Swann. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 7 July 2022 For those who are unfamiliar, cask finishing is the extremely popular practice of putting whisky in a different type of barrel for a secondary maturation period to pick up new flavors. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 June 2022 Here's its newest cask-strength offering, the first convertible 911 to receive the Singer treatment. Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver, 16 Aug. 2022 Gray Label Dovetail is no wallflower of a whiskey, bottled at a hefty cask strength of 131.54 proof. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022 The reference to 1952 is the cask number, not its distillation date. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 This celebration of British styles includes ales served through nitro taps or hand-pulled through a cask engine without extraneous carbonation. Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English caske, perhaps from Middle French casque helmet, from Spanish casco potsherd, skull, helmet

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cask

noun

ˈkask How to pronounce cask (audio)
1
: a container that is shaped like a barrel and is usually used for liquids
2
: the amount contained in a cask

cask

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • barrel
  • keg
  • hogshead
  • puncheon
  • pipe
  • firkin
  • tun
  • butt
  • kilderkin
  • tub
  • vat
  • rundlet
  • cistern
  • drum
  • runlet
  • scuttlebutt
  • can
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