EGAVE

hogshead

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+⁄2 imperial gallons (a half pipe).
  2. noun A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.

Similar words

cask hobbit white hog hoghouse black hog hog house hutch hophead hesp homer

Often followed by

of and or was on in to for staves

Word family

hogsheads

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