keg
A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used…A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
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1 sensesA round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
Fass
бочо́нокbočónok
- small cask or barrel
- the quantity contained in a keg
Examples
17 sentencesWould you help me move these beer kegs?
We'll get a keg of beer for the party.
deWir werden für die Feier ein Fässchen Bier besorgen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
How many kegs of beer did you order for the party?
Algeria would never become a power keg.
Tom promised to bring a keg to the party.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-GermanFrom Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag.
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Forms
plural: kegsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the quantity contained in a keg:kegful