mid-15c., from Middle French casque "cask; helmet," from Spanish casco "skull, cask, helmet," originally "potsherd," from cascar "to break up," from Vulgar Lati [..]

A barrel-shaped container for holding beer. Originally made of iron-hooped wooden staves, now most widely available in stainless steel and aluminum.

A heavily shielded container used for the dry storage or shipment (or both) of radioactive materials such as spent nuclear fuel or other high-level radioactive waste. Casks are often made from lead, concrete, or steel. Casks must meet regulatory requirements and are not intended for long-term disposal in a repository. For additional detail, see Dry [..]

A barrel for liquid or solid provisions.

To see one filled, denotes prosperous times and feastings. If empty, your life will be void of any joy or consolation from outward influences.   

(n) the quantity a cask will hold(n) a cylindrical container that holds liquids

A thick-walled container (usually lead) used to transport radioactive material. Also called a coffin.

A thick-walled container (usually lead) used to transport radioactive material. Also called a coffin.

A thick-walled container (usually lead) used to transport radioactive material. Also called a coffin.

(n.) Wooden barrels, or casks, have been used for millennia to transport liquids throughout Asia and Europe, falling out More

A barrel shaped container for beer. Traditionally wooden but now usually metal and the source of one side of the Keg vs. Cask argument.

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A closed, barrel-shaped container for beer. They come in various sizes and are now usually made of metal. The bung in a cask of "Real" beer or ale must be made of wood to allow the pressure [..]

Originally an oak container (barrel) with a side bung hole and tap for holding,transporting and dispensing beer. Later versions similar in design and concept but made from aluminum or stainless steel. [..]

the traditional container for all beer, in modern times it has come to mean a barrel-type container that is used for real or cask-conditioned ale, dispensed via gravity or hand pump at cellar temperat [..]

A cask is a barrel used to age Port wine. Casks usually hold around 630 litres of wine but this can vary. Today all casks are made of oak. They are seasoned before being used to age the Port so that t [..]

A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels. * '''1593''', , '''', III. ii. 409: *: A jewel, locked into the woefullest [..]

A barrel used to hold liquids, foods, gun powder and other things that need to stay dry. Cast-away

the oak barrel used to age wine. Size may vary, but casks often hold around 600 litres.