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Synonyms for cask

Most common

barrel tun puncheon hogshead caskful

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)

Related words

Word family
caskful
Phrases
cask wine harness cask

Forms

Plural
casks → barrels, tuns, pipes, butts…

Example sentences

  • barrel I'm not going to live in a barrel, like Diogenes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
caskfalling
barrelsteady
tunsteady
puncheonsteady
hogsheadfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
tun
4 letters
butt1, pipe1
6 letters
barrel2
7 letters
caskful
8 letters
puncheon, hogshead

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (barrel2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
tonneau
Italiano
botte
Català
barril