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keg

keg

57 2.0
A small barrel for storing and serving beer
  • noun
  • /kɛg/
translation icon : barril
  • The local brewery delivered a keg filled with their latest craft beer for the event.
  • a keg of beer
  • tap a keg
  • drink a keg

Just like a keg of orange soda.

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Examples

  • Colum found us a keg of real Irish ale on his travels, Scarlett darling.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And they had on the bar this keg and it was great tequila.

  • One keg of beer For the four of us!

  • So you could have it in keg and that keg could be made out of metal or made out of plastic.

  • The first team to consume an entire keg wins.

  • - I can't wait for our first keg party.

  • Rock music came loud from the porch where the keg rested in a tub of cracked ice.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I got us a beer pong table, and a keg of Bud Light - is on ice if y'all are all down to clown.

  • If you don't haul those kegs away, you're dead where you stand.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Warner and some bare-chested fraternity boys were carrying a keg across the quad.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

tank
vskeg
596 1.0

A large container that holds liquids or gases

is much smaller and used mainly for drink storage and serving
barrel
vskeg
164 1.0

A large round container made of wood or metal that holds liquids such as wine and oil

is a smaller container mainly for drink storage and serving
cask
vskeg
10 6.1

A large barrel used to store drinks like wine or whisky

is smaller and focused on transport and serving rather than long ageing
storage tank
vskeg
8 3.1

A large container that holds liquids like water in factories or farms

is much smaller and meant for transporting and serving drinks
beer keg
vskeg
2 3.0

A large metal or wooden barrel that holds beer to store and serve it

is smaller and not meant for pressurised serving
beer barrel
vskeg
1 2.7

A large round container that holds beer for keeping or moving

is smaller and more portable, meant for shorter-term use
growler
vskeg
  • US
1 6.8

A bottle or jug that carries beer to take home

is a small vessel for bulk storage and serving rather than bottles
pony keg
vskeg
  • US
1 7.5

A small barrel of beer used to serve a few people

is for general storage and transport of liquids rather than small servings
tun
vskeg
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A very large wooden barrel used to store wine or other liquids

is much smaller and used for everyday storage and transport
powder keg
vskeg
  • Archaic
1 7.7

A strong metal container used to hold gunpowder for explosions

is for holding liquids used with drinks, not explosive powders

Compounds

powder keg
  • Literature
8 7.5

A place or situation that is very tense and could suddenly become violent

2 3.0

A large metal or wooden barrel that holds beer to store and serve it

1 7.5

A small barrel of beer used to serve a few people

powder keg
  • Archaic
1 7.7

A strong metal container used to hold gunpowder for explosions

How Big

vat
42 3.6
barrel
164 1.0
keg
57 2.0
jug
41 1.0
bottle
1.0
cup
846 1.0

Surface Forms

keg singular
kegs plural

Etymology

Keg comes from an old Norse word kegg meaning 'small barrel'. Think of the small wooden barrel you see at a party or brewery—that is what a keg originally was, and that is why the word today means that container.