Meanings
nouncask (plural casks)
plural casks
- A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
- obsoleteA casket; a small box for jewels.
A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 409 - obsoleteObsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchcasque
- Englishcask
From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πίθος
- πίθος (píthos)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Bulgarian буре, бъчва
- буре (bure)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
- бъчва (băčva)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Catalan bóta, tina
- bótaa large barrel for the storage of liquid
- tinaa large barrel for the storage of liquid
Chinese Mandarin 木桶
- 木桶 (mùtǒng)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Dutch ton, vat
- tona large barrel for the storage of liquid
- vata large barrel for the storage of liquid
Finnish tynnyri
- tynnyria large barrel for the storage of liquid
French tonneau, fût
- tonneaua large barrel for the storage of liquid
- fûta large barrel for the storage of liquid
- barriquea large barrel for the storage of liquid
German Fass, Faß
- Fassa large barrel for the storage of liquid
- Faßa large barrel for the storage of liquid
- Tonnea large barrel for the storage of liquid
Hebrew חָבִית
- חָבִית (khavít)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Hungarian hordó
- hordóa large barrel for the storage of liquid
Irish leastar, buta
- leastara large barrel for the storage of liquid
- butaa large barrel for the storage of liquid
Italian botte
- bottea large barrel for the storage of liquid
Japanese カスク, 桶
- カスク (kasuku)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
- 桶 (oke)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Korean 통
- 통 (tong)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Latin dōlium
- dōliuma large barrel for the storage of liquid
Māori kāho
- kāhoa large barrel for the storage of liquid
Persian خنب
- خنب (xomb)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Polish baryłka, beczułka
- baryłkaa large barrel for the storage of liquid
- beczułkaa large barrel for the storage of liquid
- antałeka large barrel for the storage of liquid
- antała large barrel for the storage of liquid
Portuguese barril, casco
- barrila large barrel for the storage of liquid
- cascoa large barrel for the storage of liquid
Romanian bute, butoi
- butea large barrel for the storage of liquid
- butoia large barrel for the storage of liquid
Russian бо́чка, бочо́нок
- бо́чка (bóčka)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
- бочо́нок (bočónok)a large barrel for the storage of liquid
Scottish Gaelic baraille, togsaid
- baraillea large barrel for the storage of liquid
- togsaida large barrel for the storage of liquid
Spanish cuba, tonel
- cubaa large barrel for the storage of liquid
- tonela large barrel for the storage of liquid
Welsh casgen
- casgena large barrel for the storage of liquid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cask
asktaskmaskbasqueflaskunmaskmasquebaskmasccasquepaschlaskpasqueabaskChannel-Port aux BasquesNaskhPort aux Basques
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
cask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cask
MLA
“cask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cask. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cask,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cask.
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