KEG


Meaning of KEG in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a beer barrel/keg (= a large container for beer )

They rolled empty beer barrels along the street.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

beer

The cold smooth thing I was sitting on was a beer keg , which explained why my bum hurt as well.

powder

Ireland - home, as Joseph called it - had been a powder keg since the Easter Rising three years ago.

The place was a powder keg .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a powder keg

Ireland - home, as Joseph called it - had been a powder keg since the Easter Rising three years ago.

The place was a powder keg.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A keg , its rope cut.

He brewed six kegs for the occasion; only three six-packs remain.

He was able to lift a keg of beer from the floor to the bar.

James Lambert hesitated, turning towards the kegs, from behind which came the sounds of a scuffle.

Should they market keg beers under national brand names or should they return to localised brewing and brand names?

The keg found tied to your father.

The kegs shifted, teetered, fell!

Two suspects in the Stephen Lawrence murder case were fined £100 each for stealing 14 kegs of alcohol.

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