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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The final blend for Star Hill Farm was aged for seven to eight years (each component was aged separately) and bottled at cask strength of 57.35 percent ABV or 114.7 proof.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
The other applies to aluminum casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers with a capacity no greater than 20 liters.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jesse Pound,christina Wilkie,megan Cassella,erin Doherty, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Using interchangeable staves allows distillers to experiment with wood varieties that wouldn’t be viable for a full cask.
—Andy Vasoyan, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
There’s also a trolley holding spirit casks that gets wheeled out for guests to enjoy a brandy or cognac poured straight from the cask as a post-dinner digestif.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
The other applies to aluminum casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers with a capacity no greater than 20 liters.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jesse Pound,christina Wilkie,megan Cassella,erin Doherty, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Using interchangeable staves allows distillers to experiment with wood varieties that wouldn’t be viable for a full cask.
—Andy Vasoyan, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
There’s also a trolley holding spirit casks that gets wheeled out for guests to enjoy a brandy or cognac poured straight from the cask as a post-dinner digestif.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 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 15 Apr. 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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