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cask

[kask, kahsk] / kæsk, kɑsk /
NOUN
rounded container for liquids
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It’s enough to “lead me to open the cask of flip.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

If you let him, Alasdair Day, the co-founder and master distiller, will speak at length about oak species and cask types—I particularly enjoyed a limited release aged in Sicilian Marsala wine casks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

The most expensive cask she bought – which cost her £49,500 – does not exist.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

But Gerry's lament is drawn from a cask of finely aged romance no twenty- or thirtysomething could possibly access, a heretofore unknown cocktail on this show.

From Salon Sep. 28, 2023

"That? Domish swill. It is not worthy of a princess. I have a dry red from the Arbor, crisp and delectable. Please, let me give you a cask."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Spent nuclear fuel is stored in lead and stainless steel casks and bolted into concrete at a specially built pad at Diablo.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

They would need to be put into transportation casks to protect against accidents.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

If you let him, Alasdair Day, the co-founder and master distiller, will speak at length about oak species and cask types—I particularly enjoyed a limited release aged in Sicilian Marsala wine casks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

He told me there was no mark-up on the casks they bought for investors, and they only made money down the line from the sale of those casks.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

Some days they unloaded seventy-five casks; some days the sea was so rough that they had to cover the water with an oil slick before the boats could approach the Henry.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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