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Meanings of cask in inglês

português
barril
catalão
tonell
espanhol
cuba

A cylindrical container that holds liquids.

barril

The quantity a cask will hold.

Synonyms
Examples for "barrel"
Examples for "barrel"
1
Try to make it short barrel with a lot of blasting power.
The Godfather
2
By comparison, Lagunitas' barrel volumes jumped 50 percent in the same year.
Reuters
3
We agreed on one point: Pomerleau hadn't sealed herself in that barrel.
Bones Never Lie
4
Fasten the barrel staves in pairs, leaving a space of 4 in.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
5
The water had crept to a point just below the barrel's brim.
Break No Bones
Usage of cask in inglês
1
All wine deposits lees in the cask in the course of time.
Egmont
2
I might, by boring a hole in the cask, reach the water.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
3
Now, the Heidelberg Tun is the largest wine-cask in, the whole world.
Bertha, Our Little German Cousin
4
As the launch glided on he threw the ball into the cask.
A Yacht Voyage Round England
5
The wine in the cask, you say, is of one kind throughout.
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2
6
Despite this, the famishing soldiery greedily swallowed the contents of the cask.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 05 (of 15), German
7
He laid in a cask or so of plasticine and modelling clay.
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
8
In a few minutes, four iron hoops were taken off the cask.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
9
For the name on the cask not a jot did he care.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891
10
But I had not resorted to the brandy cask to fill it.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
11
The water was almost exhausted, so also was the cask of claret.
Sunshine Bill
12
The manacles and shackles were put into a cask and headed up.
Ran Away to Sea
13
In brief, I lighted upon an aromatic cask of prime old Otard.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
14
So furiously did the rain fall, that the cask was quickly filled.
Sunshine Bill
15
They are ahead of the cask-theydart forward-theundertow has got them.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
16
Apply this to the cask, and stir it well with your paddle.
The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victu...
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Translations for cask
português
barril
espanhol
cuba
Cask through the time
Cask across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common