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Definitions: Cask |
CaskNoun1. The quantity a cask will hold. 2. A cylindrical container that holds liquids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cask" was first used: 1458. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To see one filled, denotes prosperous times and feastings. If empty, your life will be void of any joy or consolation from outward influences. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Energy | A heavily shielded container used to store and/or ship radioactive materials. Lead and steel are common materials used in the manufacture of casks. (references) |
Environment | A thick-walled container (usually lead) used to transport radioactive material. Also called a coffin. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Container made of wooden staves and having the shape of two truncated cones joined at their bases. Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Shielded container used to store or transport radioactive material. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A special, strong, hermetically sealed container shielded with lead for the purpose of storing or transporting radioactive material. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CASTOR | English | Cask for Storage and Transport of Radioactive Materials | Nuclear Energy & Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CaskSynonyms: barrel (n), caskful (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had disappeared in the sea, without making even a ripple, as though he had fallen into a cask of oil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Cask" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.94% of the time. "Cask" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.94% | 93 | 34,067 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 94 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cask": fuel shipping cask ♦ Gang cask ♦ Harness cask ♦ Roching cask ♦ scuttle cask ♦ To shake a cask ♦ Wine cask. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cask": cask-conditioned, cask-conditions, cask-strength. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cask"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vozë (butt, hogshead, wood), kade (tank, Tierce, vat, wood), fuçi (barrel, butt, Cade, kilderkin, snap-roll, tank, Tierce, Tun, wood), bucelë (barrel, keg, nave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | راقود وعاء للسوائل (vat), برميل خشبي للسوائل, برميل خشبي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | буре (keg, pin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '桶, 木桶 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sud (barrel, vat), soudek (keg, kilderkin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tønde (barrel, buoy, vessel), strålingsskærmet transport-beholder, strålingsskærmet transportbeholder (coffin, flask, fuel shipping cask), sildetønde, fad (barrel, course, dish, flabby, flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavine adenine dinucleotide, hogshead, plate, platter, tank, tierce, vat), blyafskærmet transport-beholder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vat (bar., barrel, blood vessel, box, butt, container, drum, grasp, hogshead, jug, tierce, tun, vase, vessel), transportvat (coffin, flask, fuel shipping cask), ton (barrel, buoy, metric ton, ton, tonne), splijtstoftransporthouder (coffin, flask, fuel shipping cask), splijtstoftransportcontainer (coffin, flask, fuel shipping cask), opslagvat (accumulator, coffin, containment, flask, fuel shipping cask, store), loodcontainer, harington, fust (barrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چلیک (Barrel, Drum), خمره چوبی (Barrel), بشکه (Barrel, Butt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tynnyri (barrel, barrel roll, keg, tank, tub, vat), astia (container, dish, tank, vase, vat, vessel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tonneau, futaille, barrique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fass (barrel, churn, drum, hogshead, keg, tub, vat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βαρέλι (barrel, butt, vessel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פטס (jug), חבית (barrel, butt, drum, vat, wood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hordó (barrel, butt, keg, soap-box, Tun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tong penyimpan minuman keras, bejana (barrel, container, vase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fusto (beam, drum, empty, shaft, stem, trunk, verge), botte (barrel, butt, hogshead, Tun, wood), barile (barrel, butt, drum, keg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 樽 (barrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たる (barrel, to be enough, to be sufficient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mullag (keg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | askcay vasilhame (holder), pipa (barrel, hogshead, kite, pipe, wine barrel), casco (barrel, bottom, claw, empty capsule, hog-wash, hoof, hoove, Hull, piece, skull), barril (barrel, breaker, hogshead, keg). (various references) poloboc (barrel, Tun), butoiaş (barrel, drum, keg, kilderkin, piece), butoi (barrel, butt, hogshead, vat, wood), butie (Tun). (various references) бочонок (barrel, keg, kilderkin, pin). (various references) buideal (a bottle, anker, bottle). (various references) bure (barrel, kilderkin, puncheon). (various references) tonel (barrel, barrel roll, butt, drum, ton, Tun, vat), barril (barrel, drum, wood), barrica (hogshead). (various references) fat (barrel, barrelful, basin, casque, course, dish, plate, platter, puncheon, saucer, tierce, Tun, vat, wood), tunna (barrel, butt, dilute, keg, make thinner, Tun). (various references) varil (barrel, keg, tub, vat), fıçı dolusu, fıçı (barrel, barreled, barrelled, keg, tap, tub, vat, wood). (various references) зelek (tun). (various references) розливати в бочки (barrel), контейнер (carrier, casket, container, package), класти в бочонки, бочка (barrel, vat), бочонок (butt, wood), барило (barrel, hogshead). (various references) thùng ton nô, thùng (box, bucket, peck, tank). (various references) casgen (barrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cupa, cupis. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | buttis. (various references) |
| Spanish | 900-Modern | casco. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | casque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cask": casked, casket, casketed, casketing, caskets, casking, casks, casky. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cask": uncasked. (additional references) | |
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"Cask" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acak, acsc, Cacak, cacki, cak, cas, Casb, caske, Caski, Casl, casm, caso, casok, Casp, cassl, casu, caz, caza, cazi, ccacc, ccsu, Cesi, Ceske, Cesky, chask, cisc, Cisi, Cisk, cisl, cism, coask, cosk, csa, Cskac, csso, Cusk, cvas, eask, fask, gask, jask, Kamsky, kashk, Kaske, kasok, kazkh, ksa, nask, Ocasek, sask, uask, vask. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cask" (pronounced ka"sk) |
| 3 | -a" s k | ask, bask, basque, flask, mask, task, unmask. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sack. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-s" | |
-1 letter: ask, kas, sac, ska. | |
-2 letters: as, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-k-s" | |
+1 letter: backs, cakes, calks, carks, casks, casky, hacks, jacks, lacks, macks, packs, racks, sacks, shack, slack, smack, snack, stack, tacks, wacks, yacks. | |
+2 letters: ackees, amucks, blacks, casked, casket, caulks, chalks, charks, clacks, clanks, cloaks, cracks, crakes, cranks, creaks, croaks, flacks, haceks, knacks, kyacks, placks, quacks, sacked, sacker, screak, shacko, shacks, skycap, slacks, smacks, snacks, stacks, thacks, tracks, wackes, wackos, whacks, wracks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 73 6B |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- ... -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a s k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0073 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678577 |
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