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cask

[kask, kahsk] / kæsk, kɑsk /
NOUN
rounded container for liquids
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However, it said the "stark reality" was that UK cask ale volumes had more than halved in less than a decade and "this trend looks set to continue across the UK".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It’s enough to “lead me to open the cask of flip.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

This week, the Tennessee-born chain, once defined by its gingham-tinted nostalgia, retired the logo of a man in overalls leaning against a wooden cask in favor of a stripped-down wordmark.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025

If there was one lesson I took away from it, it was this: if you are thinking of investing in cask whisky, do your homework – because not everybody is who they say they are.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

They were followed by five more serving men, each one carrying a whole cask of mead, a barrel huge enough that each giant struggled beneath the weight of it.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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

Mrs Evans, 54, sold her home and moved to Peacehaven in East Sussex, then used the money from the sale to invest in seven casks.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

When the two casks of fresh water had been brought onto the James Caird, one had fallen into the surf and banged against a rock.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong


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