cask

English

Etymology

From Middle French casque.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːsk/
(US) IPA^(key): /kæsk/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

cask (plural casks)

A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
(obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, III. ii. 409:
  A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.

Derived terms

cask beer

Translations

a large barrel for the storage of liquid

Bulgarian: буре (bg) n (bure), бъчва (bg) f (bǎčva)
Catalan: bóta (ca) f, tina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 木桶 (zh) (mùtǒng)
Dutch: ton (nl) m, f, vat (nl) n
Finnish: tynnyri (fi)
French: tonneau (fr) m, fût (fr) m, barrique (fr) f
German: Fass (de) n
Hebrew: חָבִית‎‎ (he) f (khavít)

Hungarian: hordó (hu)
Irish: leastar m, buta m
Italian: botte (it) f
Japanese: カスク (kasuku), 桶 (ja) (おけ, oke)
Maori: kāho
Portuguese: barril (pt) m, casco (pt) m
Romanian: bute (ro) f, butoi (ro) n
Russian: бо́чка (ru) f (bóčka), (small) бочо́нок (ru) m (bočónok)
Scottish Gaelic: baraille m, togsaid f
Spanish: cuba (es), tonel (es)

Verb

cask (third-person singular simple present casks, present participle casking, simple past and past participle casked)

To put into a cask.

Anagrams

ACKs, SKCA, acks, sack

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