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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Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
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Then it was aged in a variety of casks—tempranillo wine, port, Pedro Ximenez sherry, ex-bourbon, Cooper’s Reserve, Cooper’s Select, and of course garryana oak (both first and second fill)—and bottled at 100 proof.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
So, taking a tour here offers the rare opportunity to see countless shapes of pot stills and cask types all under one roof.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Then it was aged in a variety of casks—tempranillo wine, port, Pedro Ximenez sherry, ex-bourbon, Cooper’s Reserve, Cooper’s Select, and of course garryana oak (both first and second fill)—and bottled at 100 proof.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
The Jamaican edition features a tropical twist with the whisky finished in casks that previously held Jamaican rum — inspired by Treasure Beach on the south coast of the island.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 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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