keg

noun

\ ˈkeg

, dialectal ˈkag, ˈkāg\

Definition of keg

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a small cask or barrel having a capacity of 30 gallons or less

2 : the contents of a keg

keg

verb

Definition of keg (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to store (something, such as beer) in a keg This led us to purchase larger brewing equipment and begin bottling and kegging our beer for distribution in the Tokyo market.— Bryan Baird

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Examples of keg in a Sentence

Noun

They drank an entire keg of beer.

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The Crusher’s statute has him holding a keg of beer over his right shoulder. — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, "Charley Walters: Low-key Rocco Baldelli has just the right touch for Twins," 15 June 2019 The traditional tapping of the keg will be at 7 p.m. Saturday. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "Summer brings festivals and fairs to the Lake County region," 13 May 2018 Two people were injured in Cecil County on Tuesday when a vehicle and a tractor-trailer hauling kegs of beer crashed. — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, "Two injured in Cecil County crash involving tractor-trailer hauling beer, police say," 18 June 2019 The company has come a long way since founders Brock Wagner and Kevin Bartol sold their first keg of beer on June 9, 1994. — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, "See Saint Arnold Brewing Company's humble beginnings in the 1990s," 11 June 2019 Imagine triangles spinning around a shower curtain rod inside a beer keg—that is an elemental description of the screaming Wankel rotary engine. — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, "The Rhombus Rotary Engine: Can a Quirky New Design Top the Famous Wankel?," 18 Jan. 2019 Instagram-famous people were everywhere, eating sustainable seafood lunches with Zimmern, posing with a keg-size bottle of wine or sweating off their excesses with yoga classes. — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, "Get a taste of the nation's fanciest food & wine festival, with Martha Stewart, top chefs," 16 June 2019 Lines can get 100- or 200-deep, especially when word spreads that a fresh keg has been tapped of a limited edition brew (Omnipollo’s Blueberry Pancake? — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Beervana on the Central Coast: the 2019 Firestone Walker Invitational Fest," 6 June 2019 These tariffs have already wreaked havoc on American businesses that use aluminum and steel to produce everything from automobiles to beer kegs and baseball bats. — David Mcintosh, WSJ, "No New Nafta Until Tariffs Have Been Lifted," 9 Dec. 2018

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