keg

noun

ˈkeg How to pronounce keg (audio)
Definition of kegnext
as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a keg of beer

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Recent Examples of keg Whether in small or large doses, Washington is likely to wipe the floor with a Miami defense widely forecasted to be the dregs of the keg. — Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Where else, after all, but at one’s alma mater can a 40-year-old do a keg stand to rousing applause? — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 The celebration kicks off with a ceremonial keg tapping on the first Friday of October and lasts the entire month. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 1 Sep. 2026 Frequently Asked Questions A full keg contains 165 12-ounce beers. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for keg
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keg
  1. barrel
  2. cask
  3. pipe
Noun
  • Yet even as the flows of crude from the Middle East have increased, oil remains near $100 a barrel.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The president withdrew consideration for a ban after the Group of Seven agreed last week to release up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from its emergency stocks.
    — Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of barrel
Noun
  • This is now the fourth single cask collaboration, and the first time that a Sazerac Rye barrel has been used.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, say a cask of ginger rolls through a trapdoor and lands on a poor laborer below.
    — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of cask
Noun
  • In other words, intruders overran the building to steal copper pipes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On the other hand, if the probability, p, is high that a particular pipe is open, θ(p) takes on a larger value.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of pipe

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“Keg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keg. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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