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HOGSHEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large cask especially one holding 63 gals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hogshead" is a kind of...):
barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("hogshead" is a kind of...):
British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)
Meronyms (parts of "hogshead"):
barrel; bbl (any of various units of capacity)
