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noun
1.
a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
2.
the quantity such a container holds: wine at 32 guineas a cask.
verb (used with object)
3.
to place or store in a cask.
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Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; back formation from casket, the -et being taken as the diminutive suffix
1425–75; late Middle English; back formation from casket, the -et being taken as the diminutive suffix
Related forms
cask·like, adjective
un·cask, verb (used with object)
un·casked, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Some of his powder had trickled out of a cask on to the damp soil and become spoiled by the infusorial earth.
- Some even offer an impromptu tour or a taste of wines straight from the cask.
- And so far the regulatory commission has said that pool and cask storage are equally safe.
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World English Dictionary
| cask (kɑːsk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a strong wooden barrel used mainly to hold alcoholic drink: a wine cask |
| 2. | any barrel |
| 3. | the quantity contained in a cask |
| 4. | (Austral) a lightweight cardboard container with plastic lining and a small tap, used to hold and serve wine |
| 5. | engineering another name for flask |
| [C15: from Spanish casco helmet, perhaps from cascar to break] | |
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Word Origin & History
cask
1458, from M.Fr. casque "cask, helmet," from Sp. casco "skull, cask, helmet," orig. "potsherd," from cascar "to break up," from V.L. *quassicare, freq. of L. quassare "to shake, shatter" (see quash). The sense evolution is unclear.
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