cask
pronunciation
How to pronounce cask in British English:
UK [kɑ:sk]
How to pronounce cask in American English:
US [kæsk]
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- Noun:
- the quantity a cask will hold
- a cylindrical container that holds liquids
Word Origin
- cask (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French casque "cask; helmet," from Spanish casco "skull, cask, helmet," originally "potsherd," from cascar "to break up," from Vulgar Latin *quassicare, frequentative of Latin quassare "to shake, shatter" (see quash). The sense evolution is unclear.
Example
- 1. The cask was set abroach .
- 2. Not a cask of it came into europe " to which blood is not sticking " .
- 3. The color of each cask depended on the water it was used to carry .
- 4. Once fuel has cooled down in spent-fuel pools for a while , it can be moved to " dry cask " storage .
- 5. The captain got chu yang all along to arrive on the side of a big cask .