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Word entry · 3 letters

keg

Best crossword clue

"Small barrel"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /kɛɡ/Part of speech nounSorted egkStarts with KEnds with G3 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. small cask or barrel

Word origin

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag.

Used in a sentence

  • He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with his load.
  • He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.
  • Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Small barrel3 letters
02Beer container3 letters
03Small beer barrel3 letters

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