kegful

6.5

The amount of drink that fills a keg

noun
/ˈkɛɡfəl/

: barril

The brewery delivered a fresh kegful of beer to the pub every week.

Examples

We ordered one kegful of beer for the party.
They celebrated by drinking an entire kegful of ale.
After the party, there was barely a kegful of cider left.
How much is a kegful of cider?
The brewery delivered a fresh kegful of beer to the pub every week.
After the party, there was barely a kegful of cider left.
We ordered one kegful of beer for the party.

Synonyms

keg

vskegful

18 2.0

An amount of beer in a small barrel

is the simple amount that fills the container not a measurement unit

How Much

barrelful

1 2.8

kegful

6.5

bottle

∞ 1.0

cup

846 1.0

glass

622 1.0

Surface Forms

kegful singular

kegfuls plural

Morphology

kegful = keg (transparent) = keg + ful

Formed regularly from 'keg' + the productive noun-forming '-ful' meaning 'an amount that fills the keg', which learners can infer from analogous forms like 'cupful' or 'handful'.

Etymology

Kegful comes from keg, meaning 'small barrel' for beer, and the ending -ful, meaning 'full of'. So a kegful is the amount that fills a keg.