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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

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

Sotheby's said the 40 bottles from the 1926 cask had been labelled in different ways.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2023

"Well, don't bother copying that one. Twenty-three barrels of pickled cod, eighteen jars of fish oil, a cask of salt ..." "An inventory," Sam said, "or perhaps a bill of sale."

From "A Clash of Kings" 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

Earlier, SWA director Graeme Littlejohn said the tariffs also harmed the US bourbon industry, which exports casks to Scotland for whisky maturation.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

A train of mules trailed behind them, carrying chests and ~ casks and barrels, and hampers of delectables to keep the lord of cheese from growing peckish.

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




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