Cask
11cask — ► NOUN ▪ a large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially alcoholic drinks. ORIGIN French casque or Spanish casco helmet …
12CASK — Calcium/calmodulin dependent serine protein kinase (MAGUK family), also known as CASK, is a human gene. [cite web | title = Entrez Gene: CASK Calcium/calmodulin dependent serine protein kinase (MAGUK family)| url =… …
13cask — noun Etymology: Middle English caske, perhaps from Middle French casque helmet, from Spanish casco potsherd, skull, helmet Date: 15th century 1. a barrel shaped vessel of staves, headings, and hoops usually for liquids 2. a cask and its contents; …
14cask — casklike, adj. /kask, kahsk/, n. 1. a container made and shaped like a barrel, esp. one larger and stronger, for holding liquids. 2. the quantity such a container holds: wine at 32 guineas a cask. v.t. 3. to place or store in a cask. [1425 75;… …
15cask — UK [kɑːsk] / US [kæsk] noun [countable] Word forms cask : singular cask plural casks a round wooden container for storing a liquid, especially alcoholic drink …
16cask — /kask / (say kahsk) noun 1. a barrel like container, usually wooden, and of varying size, for holding liquids, etc., often one larger and stronger than an ordinary barrel. 2. the quantity such a container holds. 3. Also, wine cask. a lightweight… …
17cask — a wooden, cylindrical vessel used for shipping fish such as dried and salted cod from Newfoundland. Such a cask contained 4 cwt (hundredweight, 1 cwt being 50.802 kg (long), 45.359 kg (short)) …
18cask — noun Cask is used before these nouns: ↑beer …
19cask — [[t]kɑ͟ːsk, kæ̱sk[/t]] casks N COUNT A cask is a wooden barrel that is used for storing things, especially alcoholic drink. The casks of sherry are stored horizontally one on top of the other. Syn: barrel …
20cask — noun (C) a round wooden container used for storing wine or other liquids, or the amount of liquid contained in this: a cask of rum …
