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cask [kɑːsk] n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a strong wooden barrel used mainly to hold alcoholic drink a wine cask 2. any barrel 3. the quantity contained in a cask 4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Austral a lightweight cardboard container with plastic lining and a small tap, used to hold and serve wine 5. (Engineering / General Engineering) Engineering another name for flask [6] [from Spanish casco helmet, perhaps from cascar to break] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
cask Translations cask n → Fass nt n cask [kaːsk] a barrel for holding liquids, usually wine three casks of sherry. vat; vaatjie بَرْميل خَشَبي бъчва soudek, sud fad das Faß βαρέλι tonel, barril vaat بشکۀ چوبی؛ خمره tynnyri tonneau חָבִית पीपा bačva hordó tong tunna, áma botte, barile たる (특히 술) 통 statinaitė muca pak vat fat, tønne beczułka pipa butoi бочка sud sod bure fat, tunna ถังไม้ขนาดใหญ่ใส่ของเหลว fıçı, varil (裝液體,通常是酒的)圓桶 барило, бочонок شراب رکھنے کا ڈبہ thùng tono 木桶 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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However, the mere matter of capacity is a thing of no sort of consequence, since the cask is empty, and indeed has always been empty, history says. I cannot throw the loop through this partition nor move with a pack-thread a cask of wine which may perhaps weigh two hundred pounds. At last he looked round, and saw that the cart was dripping, and the cask quite empty. |
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