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cask
UK /kɑːsk/ US /kæsk/
noun 4verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
cheap, large, old
CASK + NOUN
flagons, pewter, wine
PREP.
from, in, into, out
ADV.
ever
Definitions
noun
1
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
2
A casket; a small box for jewels.
A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.
3
A brougham or other private carriage.
4
Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).
verb
1
To put into a cask.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a cylindrical container that holds liquids
noun — the quantity a cask will hold
- caskful
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.
Wiktionary02
A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street.
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Tom has a four-litre cask of cheap wine in his fridge.
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Wine is best in the middle of the cask.
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A stoup of wine (for in those days it was served out from the cask in pewter flagons) was placed on the table, and each had his quaigh or bicker before him.
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It was a cask of our old heather ale which they had broached, and that is potent, if to the unwary it seems harmless enough.
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