cask

Speech parts

1. cask - Noun

2. cask - Verb

Meaning

Same as Casque.

A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.

The quantity contained in a cask.

A casket; a small box for jewels.

To put into a cask.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

barrel caskful brazier hod vat cruse rouleau bowl basin flagon can case drum bucket patella
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Antonyms

speck keep hole bottle crumb hold back
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Hypernyms

vessel containerful

Hyponyms

drum butt keg hogshead tun shook

Related terms

quash

Phrases with the word

harness cask cask strength cask strength whiskey scuttle-cask large beer cask cask strength scotch whisky

Anagrams

sack KCAS SKCA

Examples

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them. William Falconer

Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees. Hesiod

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late. Hesiod

'tis too late to spare when the cask is bare. Dutch Proverb

Every cask smells of the wine it contains. Spanish Proverb

A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

casitive casitone Casium cask strength cask strength scotch whisky cask strength whiskey