Keg

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /kɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Origin

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi ("keg")

Full definition of keg

Noun

1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
• 1819, s:Author:Washington Irving, s:The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, The strange man with a keg of liquor … the woe-begone party at ninepins—the flagon—“Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon!” thought Rip; ….

Synonyms

• barrel

Derived terms

• keg stand

Anagrams

• EKG