keg
noun
, dialectal ˈkag, ˈkāg\
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Synonyms for keg
Synonyms: Noun
barrel, butt, cask, firkin, hogshead, kilderkin, pipe, puncheon, rundlet (or runlet), tun
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Examples of keg in a Sentence
Noun
They drank an entire keg of beer.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Chicago’s famous comedy club, Second City, has teamed up with Fifty/50 Restaurant Group to create Utopian Tailgate, an indoor-outdoor space overlooking downtown that offers everything from fried pickles to pretzels with keg beer cheese. — Kari Bodnarchuk, BostonGlobe.com, "Here, there, and everywhere," 27 Aug. 2019 Judging will kick off Friday, Aug. 16, about 6 p.m. at Prost with a ceremonial keg tapping of Prost Edition Pilsner, a beer brew for the event by Craftwerk Brewing, Bitburger’s experimental brewery. — Andre Meunier, oregonlive.com, "Oregon beer this week: Prost’s pilsner throwdown, Portland Brewing’s 2nd ‘weird’ release, plus events," 9 Aug. 2019 The tailgate-style event, dubbed the Gardens University, will also feature fun raffles, games, popcorn and root beer kegs. — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, "College students get $40 in free cash at the Gardens Mall on Saturday," 7 Aug. 2019 Some 20 people, including Julia and Vazquez, hid in the back of a semi-trailer that was being loaded with beer kegs before the shooting started. — Los Angeles Times, "A 19-year-old with a semiautomatic rifle shatters Gilroy’s beloved garlic festival, killing 3, including 2 children," 30 July 2019 In addition to the tattoos, the shop will have keg beer for a $5 donation to OCAS and a cat portrait tattoo raffle by artist Timothy Lease. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Adopt a cat, get a tatt during special adoption event this weekend," 20 June 2019 During the commodity-price boom in 2008, theft of metal objects, including beer kegs, manhole covers and even art works, became the target of thieves. — David Hodari, WSJ, "Thieves Mine Catalytic Converters for Metal More Valuable Than Gold," 10 Feb. 2019 State officials seized 2,979 bottles of liquor, 3,108 bottles of wine, 2,954 bottles and cans of beer and 31 kegs of beer stashed on the resort’s property and in unlicensed warehouses. — Washington Post, "Deal lets luxury Montana ski club keeps its liquor licenses," 25 June 2019 The company maintains a kitchen stocked with snacks and there’s a speakeasy complete with keg. — Leigh Farr, azcentral, "Small Company Rankings," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'keg.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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