• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Drink
kegkeg /keɡ/ noun [countable] DFDa round wooden or metal container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing beer → barrelkeg beer/bitter British English (=beer served from a keg)
Examples from the Corpus
keg• Two suspects in the Stephen Lawrence murder case were fined £100 each for stealing 14 kegs of alcohol.• He was able to lift a keg of beer from the floor to the bar.• A keg, its rope cut.• Should they market keg beers under national brand names or should they return to localised brewing and brand names?• He brewed six kegs for the occasion; only three six-packs remain.• James Lambert hesitated, turning towards the kegs, from behind which came the sounds of a scuffle.• The keg found tied to your father.• The kegs shifted, teetered, fell!keg beer/bitter• Not all keg beers are pasteurised.• Should they market keg beers under national brand names or should they return to localised brewing and brand names?• It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer, lager four times as profitable.
Origin keg (1600-1700) cag “barrel” ((15-18 centuries)), from Old Norse kaggi
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 09, 2025

pencil
noun ˈpensl
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree