POWDER KEG

Meaning of POWDER KEG in English

noun Date: 1855 a small usually metal cask for holding gunpowder or blasting powder, something liable to explode

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

POWDER KEG — noun 1. : a small usually metal cask for holding gunpowder or blasting powder 2. : something liable to explode …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POWDER KEG — 1. a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder. 2. a potentially dangerous situation, esp. one involving violent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POWDER KEG — barrel of explosives; situation that could explode at any moment
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POWDER KEG — Date: 1855 1. : a small usually metal cask for holding gunpowder or blasting powder 2. : something liable to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POWDER KEG — Function: noun Date: 1855 1 : a small usually metal cask for holding gunpowder or blasting powder 2 : something …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POWDER KEG — ■ noun 1》 a barrel of gunpowder. 2》 a potentially explosive situation.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POWDER KEG — [powder keg] n (1855) 1: a small usu. metal cask for holding gunpowder or blasting powder 2: something liable to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POWDER KEG — noun a dangerous situation that may suddenly become very violent
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POWDER-KEG — see powder keg
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POWDER KEG — also powder-keg ( powder kegs) If you describe a situation or a place as a powder keg , you mean …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POWDER KEG — also powder-keg (~s) If you describe a situation or a place as a ~, you mean that it could easily …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POWDER-KEG — see powder keg
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POWDER-KEG — сущ. пороховая бочка to sit on powder-keg ≈ перен. сидеть на пороховой бочке
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POWDER-KEG — _n. пороховая бочка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POWDER-KEG — сущ.пороховая бочка to sit on powder-keg — перен. сидеть на пороховой бочке
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POWDER-KEG — сущ. пороховая бочка to sit on powder-keg — перен. сидеть на пороховой бочке
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POWDER-KEG — сущ. пороховая бочка to sit on powder-keg — перен. сидеть на пороховой бочке
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POWDER-KEG — _n. пороховая бочка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
POWDER-KEG — n. пороховая бочка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
POWDER-KEG — пороховая бочка
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
POWDER-KEG — сущ. пороховая бочка to sit on powder-keg ≈ перен. сидеть на пороховой бочке
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POWDER KEG — пороховая бочка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEG — barilette
English interlingue dictionary
KEG — sugong
English-Visayan vocabulary
KEG — noun Etymology: Middle English kag, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kaggi ~ Date: circa 1632 a small cask …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POWDER — I. ˈpau̇də(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English poudre, from Old French, from Latin pulver-, pulvis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEG — ˈkeg, -ā-, ÷-a-, ÷-ai- noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration of earlier cag, from Middle English kag, of Scandinavian origin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEG — (n.) A small cask or barrel.
Английский словарь Webster
KEG — ( n. ) A small cask or barrel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POWDER — powder 1 — powderer , n. /pow"deuhr/ , n. 1. any solid substance reduced to a state of fine, loose …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEG — /keg/ , n. 1. a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters). …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEG — n. small barrel; unit of weight which equals 100 pounds (45 kg)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEG — ˈkag, ˈkāg noun Etymology: Middle English kag, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kaggi keg Date: circa 1632 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POWDER — vt to sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat. 2. powder ·vi to use powder on the hair or skin; …
Webster English vocab
KEG — noun a small cask or barrel.
Webster English vocab
KEG — ■ noun 1》 a small barrel, especially one of less than 10 gallons or (in the US) 30 gallons. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POWDER — [pow.der] vb pow.dered ; pow.der.ing vt (13c) 1: to sprinkle or cover with or as if with powder 2: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEG — [keg] n [ME kag, of Scand origin; akin to ON kaggi keg] (ca. 1632) 1: a small cask or barrel …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POWDER — powder BrE AmE ˈpaʊd ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ powder|ed d ▷ powdering ˈpaʊd‿ ə r ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KEG — keg BrE AmE keɡ ▷ kegs keɡz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POWDER — / ˈpaʊdə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] a dry mass of very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEG — / keg; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a round wooden or metal container with a flat top and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POWDER — I. pow ‧ der 1 /ˈpaʊdə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEG — keg /keɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: cag 'barrel' (15-18 centuries) , from Old Norse kaggi …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POWDER — n. & v. --n. 1 a substance in the form of fine dry particles. 2 a medicine or cosmetic in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEG — n. a small barrel, usu. of less than 10 gallons or (in the US) 30 gallons. økeg beer beer supplied …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POWDER — n. & v. n. 1 a substance in the form of fine dry particles. 2 a medicine or cosmetic in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEG — n. a small barrel, usu. of less than 10 gallons or (in the US) 30 gallons. keg beer beer supplied …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POWDER — n. & v. --n. 1. a substance in the form of fine dry particles. 2 a medicine or cosmetic in …
Oxford English vocab
KEG — n. a small barrel, usu. of less than 10 gallons or (in the US) 30 gallons. Phrases and idioms: keg …
Oxford English vocab
POWDER — ( powders, powdering, powdered) 1. Powder consists of many tiny particles of a solid substance. The wood turns to powder …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEG — ( kegs) A keg is a small barrel used for storing something such as beer or other alcoholic drinks. N-COUNT …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POWDER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES baking powder chilli powder curry powder (= a mixture of spices for making curry …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEG — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer barrel/keg (= a large container for beer ) ▪ They rolled empty beer …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POWDER — [verb] [T]Powder (= Put special powder on) the baby's bottom to stop it chafing.I'll just powder my nose - it's …
Cambridge English vocab
KEG — [noun] [C] - a small barrel usually used for storing beer or other alcoholic drinksIn the US, a keg party …
Cambridge English vocab
POWDER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEG — noun Keg is used before these nouns: ↑ beer Keg is used after these nouns: ↑ beer
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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