keg

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɛɡ/
• (dated, South Midland US) IPA: /kæɡ/
• (dated, New England, Virginia, South Carolina) IPA: /keɪɡ/

Noun

keg (plural kegs)

1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

Synonyms

• barrel

Translations

• French: tonnelet, baril
• German: Fass
• Italian: fusto, barile
• Portuguese: barrica, barrilete
• Russian: бочо́нок
• Spanish: barril

Verb

keg (kegs, present participle kegging; past and past participle kegged)

1. (transitive) To store in a keg.
   • 2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas (page 116)

     He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.

   • 2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew (page 228)

     Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.

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