kilderkins

noun

plural of kilderkin
as in barrels
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration—there's no beer in them

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  1. barrels
  2. pipes
Noun
  • To be fair, according to Freddie this is actually explicable, based on an apple wine recipe Booker used to make using apples, bourbon barrels, and cinnamon.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026
  • For the second mission, there are barrels stacked on two carts.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of barrels
Noun
  • Think again of a gigantic system of pipes, each of which is open or closed with a certain probability.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jacob Markstrom and Akira Schmid will now be between the pipes for Florida.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of pipes
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“Kilderkins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilderkins. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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