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Look up: cask

  1. Cask
    A thick-walled container (usually lead) used to transport radioactive material. Also called a coffin.
    Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/

  2. cask
    [n] - the quantity a cask will hold
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Cask
    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 to be released, as the fermentation of the beer, in the cask, continues.
    Found on http://www.caledonian-brewery.co.uk/brew

  4. cask
    container made of wooden staves and having the shape of two truncated cones joined at their bases Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • A special,strong,hermetically sealed container shielded with lead for the purpose of storing or transporting radioactive material Category: Management in the public and private sector • shielded container...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Cask
    Cask noun [ Spanish casco potsherd, skull, helmet, probably from cascar to break, from Latin Quassure to break. Confer Casque , Cass .] 1. Same as Casque . [ Obsolete] 2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel. 3. The quant ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/32

  6. Cask
    Cask transitive verb To put into a cask.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/32

  7. cask
    caskful noun the quantity a cask will hold
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. CASK
    `Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (MAGUK family)`, also known as `CASK`, is a human gene.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASK

  9. Cask
    • (v. t.) To put into a cask. • (n.) A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel. • (n.) Same as Casque. • (n.) A casket; a small box for jewels. • (n.) The quantity contained in a cask.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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