cask

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Etymology

From Middle French casque.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɑːsk/
• (US) IPA: /kæsk/

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• Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

cask (plural casks)

1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.

Derived terms

• cask beer

Translations

a large barrel for the storage of liquid

• Bulgarian: буре (bg) (bure) n, бъчва (bg) (bǎčva) f
• Catalan: bóta (ca) f, tina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木桶 (cmn) (mùtǒng)

• Dutch: ton (nl) m and f, vat (nl) n
• French: tonneau (fr) m, fût (fr) m, barrique (fr) f
• German: Fass (de) n

• Hungarian: hordó (hu)
• Italian: botte (it) f
• Japanese: カスク (ja) (kasuku), 桶 (ja) (おけ, oke)
• Romanian: bute (ro) f, butoi (ro) n
• Russian: бочка (ru) (bóčka) f, (small) бочонок (ru) (bočónok) m
• Scottish Gaelic: baraille (gd) m, togsaid (gd) f
• Spanish: cuba (es), tonel (es)

Verb

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

1. To put into a cask.

Anagrams

• acks
• sack