keg

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled kag and kags

US /kɛɡ/ UK /kɛɡ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like cag /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Meanings

1

noun
a small barrel, especially one used for beer

They rolled a keg of ale out for the festival.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a small barrel, especially... barrel casktunfirkin drum

Etymology

From earlier kag, of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse kaggi ('keg, cask'), of uncertain ultimate derivation.

kaggi Old Norse

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