1
: a small cask or barrel having a capacity of 30 gallons or less
2
: the contents of a keg
kegged; kegging; kegs
: to store (something, such as beer) in a keg
This led us to purchase larger brewing equipment and begin bottling and kegging our beer for distribution in the Tokyo market.—
Bryan Baird
Bryan Baird
kegged
adjective
He'll also have kegged root beer and perhaps locally made sodas on hand.
—Eater.com
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Examples of keg in a Sentence
Noun
They drank an entire keg of beer.
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
And there is perhaps no social event more quintessential of the American college experience than a keg party.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2025
My unsolicited advice was not heeded, but Buehrle would be up to stay, beer keg or no beer keg.
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Behind the heavy oak door of her two-story brick house, Harriet Bell Hayden kept rifles, kegs of gunpowder and even a secret tunnel.
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Noun
Liquid Death is taking my favorite water from actual mountains and putting it in a limited edition keg.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
And there is perhaps no social event more quintessential of the American college experience than a keg party.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2025
My unsolicited advice was not heeded, but Buehrle would be up to stay, beer keg or no beer keg.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
Behind the heavy oak door of her two-story brick house, Harriet Bell Hayden kept rifles, kegs of gunpowder and even a secret tunnel.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Keg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keg. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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keg
noun
ˈkeg 
ˈkag,
ˈkāg
1
: a small cask or barrel holding 30 gallons (about 114 liters) or less
2
: the contents of a keg
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