Cask

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /kɑːsk/
• US IPA: /kæsk/
• Rhymes: -æsk

Origin

From Middle French casque.

Full definition of cask

Noun

1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
2. (obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
• 1593, William Shakespeare, , III. ii. 409:A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask
  That ever did contain a thing of worth.

Derived terms

• cask beer

Verb

1. To put into a cask.

Anagrams

• acks
• sack