barrel, cask
(noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids
cask, caskful
(noun) the quantity a cask will hold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cask (plural casks)
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
(obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
Obsolete form of casque.
cask (third-person singular simple present casks, present participle casking, simple past and past participle casked)
To put into a cask.
• ACKs, SKCA, acks, sack
Source: Wiktionary
Cask, n. Etym: [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. Casque, Cass.]
1. Same as Casque. [Obs.]
2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.
3. The quantity contained in a cask.
4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] Shak.
Cask, v. t.
Definition: To put into a cask.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
