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单词 hogsheads
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hogshead

noun

hogs·​head ˈhȯgz-ˌhed How to pronounce hogshead (audio)
ˈhägz-
1
: a large cask or barrel
2
: any of various units of capacity
especially : a U.S. unit equal to 63 gallons (238 liters)

Synonyms

  • barrel
  • butt
  • cask
  • firkin
  • keg
  • kilderkin
  • pipe
  • puncheon
  • rundlet
  • runlet
  • tun
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Example Sentences

the ship's hold carried 164 hogsheads of molasses
Recent Examples on the Web To that end, Welsh and his team selected whisky aged for 52 years in just two casks, a sherry butt and American oak ex-bourbon hogshead, which were married together in equal proportions. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 June 2022 An enormous shift from the costly and exhausting process of rolling hogshead barrels by land over bumpy roads behind oxen, bateaux would help open the Virginia frontier and fill the pockets of the farmers who stocked them. Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 Description: This is a very affordable 6 year old single Oloroso hogshead cask from Tullibardine, released by independent bottler The Single Cask. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 Happy Valley, where not just tents but hogsheads, dry goods boxes, a covered wagon and even beached ships were used as dwellings, may have been playful and carefree at first. Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 29 May 2020 Once upon a time a ticket to the cinema cost just five quid, and a hogshead of mead but a farthing. The Economist, 20 June 2019 Heavy first brought Guinness to America, when, on Oct. 16, 1817, eight hogsheads of Guinness porter were delivered to him somewhere in South Carolina. Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2018 The king and his guests consumed 27 hogsheads of wine, 400 head of pork, 3,000 fowl, 15,000 herring, 10,000 eels, 100 pounds of almonds, two pounds of spices and 66 pounds of pepper. Jocelyn Mcclurg, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017 The Layover: Amsterdam and BangkokThe Reward: Laphroaig the 1815 Legacy EditionIt's aged in both oversized hogsheads and bourbon barrels, lending fruit notes to a Scotch already potent with smoke aromas. Meredith Heil, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

hogshead

noun

hogs·​head ˈhȯgz-ˌhed How to pronounce hogshead (audio)
ˈhägz-
1
: a very large cask
2
: a unit of liquid measure equal to 63 gallons (about 238 liters)

hogsheads

noun

plural of hogshead
as in barrels
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the ship's hold carried 164 hogsheads of molasses

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • barrels
  • casks
  • puncheons
  • kegs
  • firkins
  • tuns
  • pipes
  • butts
  • tubs
  • vats
  • kilderkins
  • drums
  • rundlets
  • cisterns
  • runlets
  • scuttlebutt
  • cans
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