Meaning

3 senses
  1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)

    Fass, Faß, Tonne

    бо́чкаbóčka, бочо́нокbočónok

  2. (obsolete)A casket; a small box for jewels.

  3. (archaic, slang)A brougham or other private carriage.

More definitions
  • the quantity a cask will hold
  • a cylindrical container that holds liquids

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Wine is put in casks to age.

  2. He sold five hundred casks of wine.

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  3. Wine is best in the middle of the cask.

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  4. Tom has a four-litre cask of cheap wine in his fridge.

    ruУ Тома есть четырёхлитровый бочонок дешёвого вина в холодильнике. — odexed

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  5. A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a large barrel for the storage of liquid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a large barrel for the storage of liquid:

Origin

From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.

From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.

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Forms

plural: casks
Singularcask
Pluralcasks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the quantity a cask will hold:caskful
  • a cylindrical container that holds liquids:barrel

Word family

9 related words

See also

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