Barrel vs. Keg

Barrel vs. Keg — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Barrel and Keg

Barrelnoun

(countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

a cracker barrel

Kegnoun

A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

Barrelnoun

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

Kegverb

(transitive) To store in a keg.

Barrelnoun

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

the barrel of a windlass;the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

Kegnoun

the quantity contained in a keg

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Barrelnoun

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

Kegnoun

small cask or barrel

Barrelnoun

(archaic) A tube.

Barrelnoun

(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.

Barrelnoun

(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

Barrelnoun

(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

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Barrelnoun

A waste receptacle.

Throw it into the trash barrel.

Barrelnoun

The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

Barrelnoun

(obsolete) A jar.

Barrelnoun

(biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.

Barrelverb

(transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Barrelverb

(intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.

Barrelnoun

a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

Barrelnoun

a cylindrical container that holds liquids

Barrelnoun

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

Barrelnoun

the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold

Barrelnoun

any of various units of capacity;

a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons

Barrelverb

put in barrels