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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

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

It takes three years for spirit to become Scotch whisky in a cask, and investors are encouraged to keep barrels for up to 10 years or more to maximise returns.

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

The poisoned wine was leaking from the broken cask into the dirt.

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

It is a deal that improves trade conditions for Scotch and Irish whiskey being sold to America, as well as US bourbon and used casks coming into the UK market.

From BBC May 1, 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 victims include one woman with terminal cancer who invested £76,000 and another woman who spent more than £100,000 on casks which experts say were only ever worth a fraction of the price they paid.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

The hard work of hoisting heavy casks into the hold was accompanied by the stevedores’ usual grunts and muttered oaths.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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