as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a keg of beer

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Recent Examples of keg On the boat’s return trip to Buffalo, Mayor Samuel Wilkeson poured a keg of water from the Atlantic into Lake Erie. David Moin, Footwear News, 28 June 2025 The Escape is a 5-gallon jug fitted with a purifier inside and a pressurization pump up top (sort of like a beer keg). Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 25 June 2025 On his triumphant 10-day journey on the canal from Buffalo to New York City, when the Seneca Chief reached New York Harbor, Clinton poured a keg of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean, symbolizing a union of two major bodies of water. David Moin, Footwear News, 28 June 2025 The uranium can be stored in containers that are the size of a keg or a scuba tank, says Corey Hinderstein, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for keg
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Noun
  • This series features bourbon made from barrels specifically selected by the distiller, and the result is a bourbon that is certainly a cut above.
    Erik Ofgang, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • If an alternate customer isn’t found, pulling Russian barrels off the market would be bullish for prices which are hovering near $70 a barrel.
    Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Bowman’s two prior Oak Series releases focused on French and American oak casks, respectively.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The blend consists of just 160 barrels and each component was aged separately before being married together and bottled at cask strength of 122.5 proof with no chill filtration.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dams, straightening, dredging, channelizing, and an unseen network of pipes and drains and overflow tunnels have nearly eliminated the river’s likelihood of overflowing its banks and destroying businesses downtown.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Plus, all that hair can run down your drain, clogging pipes.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Keg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keg. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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