cask
Meaning of cask
noun
- a large container like a barrel, made of wood, metal or plastic and used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks.
the wine is stored in oak casks
early 16th century: from French casque or Spanish casco ‘helmet’. The current senses appear only in English; from the late 16th to the late 18th centuries the word also denoted a helmet (compare with casque).
Information about cask
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cask is: casks.
- Languages in which cask is used:
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Hyphenation of cask
cask
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- cask is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
cask synonyms
Meaning caskful:
Meaning barrel:
Meaning a small barrel, especially one of less than 10 gallons or (in the US) 30 gallons:
Meaning a push or blow, especially one given with the head:
Meaning a large beer or wine cask:
Meaning a large tank or tub used to hold liquid, especially in industry:
Meaning a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends:
Meaning a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas:
Meaning a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask:
Meaning a large cask:
Meaning a small cask formerly used for liquids, butter, or fish:
Meaning a cask for liquids or other substances, holding 16 or 18 gallons:
Meaning a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances:
Meaning a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc:
Meaning a short post, especially one used for supporting the roof in a coal mine:
Meaning another term for terce:
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