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 The Haven, which has long served Scotland’s top-selling beer, Tennent’s Lager, has gone from four kegs a week to ordering 50 just for this week. — Kyle Hightower, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Since last week, Wallingford had sold 13 of the 20 kegs of Dutch beer as of Wednesday afternoon, and had to stop selling it in order to save the remaining seven for Thursday’s match. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026 In addition to Groom’s original downtown Eureka brewery and cafe, Lost Coast Brewery now includes a 75,000-square-foot facility that can fill 1,400 kegs per day. — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 In Boston, Scottish soccer fans recently took over the downtown Sam Adams brewery and drank 70 kegs of the iconic American beer in a four-day stretch, Boston Beer Company confirmed to ABC News, effectively tapping out the supply. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for keg
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keg
  1. barrel
  2. cask
  3. pipe
Noun
  • Meanwhile, oil supply is also expected to increase after oil cartel OPEC+ agreed to add 188,000 barrels a day to their output target for August.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Iraq wants permission to produce a record 5 million barrels a day coming out of the war, with a long-term aim of getting production up to 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg reported.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of barrel
Noun
  • Bean-to- bar chocolate is typically made by a single producer and sourced from raw cacao beans, and some can even be aged in bourbon casks.
    — Carissa Chesanek, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • With whiskey casks, that holding period can span several years, which makes the structure around it as important as the asset itself.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of cask
Noun
  • Anxiety rises in Moscow Russian media have reported that people are waiting up to 18 hours in lines at the pump, with internet memes popping up, one showing people setting up tables with drinks and shisha pipes next to their stationary cars.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Nothing ruins a good karaoke night like that one friend who wants to show off their Mariah Carey–level pipes.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of pipe

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

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