cask
noun
[ kɑːsk ]
• a large container like a barrel, made of wood, metal or plastic and used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks.
• "the wine is stored in oak casks"
Similar:
barrel,
keg,
butt,
tun,
vat,
drum,
tank,
vessel,
hogshead,
firkin,
kilderkin,
pipe,
pin,
puncheon,
tierce,
Origin:
early 16th century: from French casque or Spanish casco ‘helmet’. The current senses appear only in English; from the late 16th to the late 18th centuries the word also denoted a helmet (compare with casque).
