hogsheads

plural of hogshead
as in barrels
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the ship's hold carried 164 hogsheads of molasses

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Recent Examples of hogsheads The 50-year-old was assembled from four hogsheads selected by master of whisky creation Sarah Burgess. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
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Noun
  • Fast or gradual, the IEA expects the production ramp-up will generate a global oil surplus of about 5 million barrels of supply per day next year.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • The combination covered a significant amount of the net market loss, as much as 75% of the barrels that the Gulf exporters couldn’t supply.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Currently, most of it is stored in temporary cooling pools and dry casks worldwide.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2026
  • The second means larger casks over small new oak, and porous concrete, whose micro-oxygenation builds texture without leaving a flavour of its own.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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“Hogsheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogsheads. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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