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cask

[kask, kahsk] / kæsk, kɑsk /
NOUN
rounded container for liquids
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The ships, loaded with horses, men and a giant cask of wine, recede to the horizon of the Channel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Two middle-aged Americans, matching orange ringlets marking them as brothers, quizzed the bartender about cask types and chill filtration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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

I put a photo of Craig Arch – the CEO of Cask Whisky Ltd, the multi-million-pound international award-wining cask whisky business – into the software.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

Arya thrust her wooden sword through her belt and began to climb, leaping from cask to cask until she could reach the window.

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

The deal will also see US bourbon and casks arriving in the UK tariff-free.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

The casks stood four high along the pier.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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