cask meaning

• Noun: cask  kãsk
  1. The quantity a cask will hold
     - caskful 
  2. A cylindrical container that holds liquids
     - barrel

  Sounds like: casque

  Derived forms: casks

  Type of: containerful, vessel

  Encyclopedia: Cask

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Examples

1. the cask is capable of holding 8 gallons.
2. the capacity of the mixing cask is about forty-one cubic feet.
3. the casks rolling about on the desk knocked against one another.
4. he drew some cognac from the cask into a tin cannikin
5. he asked the waiter to bring him a cask of sherry