kilderkins

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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Noun
  • The barrels have been released in sequential order over the last decade.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Orange barrels and flags across the Treasure Valley have had a lot of motorists seeing red the past couple of years.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bacteria that live on the insides of pipes in a water system convert that ammonia to nitrite in a process called nitrification.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Later that year, while hospitalized for an alleged appendicitis, Sobhraj took advantage of a blackout caused by the Indo-Pakistani war to escape, slipping out through the drainage pipes.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Kilderkins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilderkins. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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