Usually means: Barrel for storing or shipping liquids.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. hogshead: Merriam-Webster
  2. hogshead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hogshead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hogshead: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hogshead: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hogshead, hogshead: Wordnik
  7. hogshead: Wiktionary
  8. hogshead: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hogshead: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hogshead: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Hogshead, hogshead: Dictionary.com
  12. hogshead: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Hogshead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Hogshead: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. hogshead: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. hogshead: Rhymezone
  17. Hogshead: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. hogshead: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. hogshead: FreeDictionary.org
  20. hogshead: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. hogshead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. hogshead: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. hogshead: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Beer Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Hogshead: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hogshead: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hogshead: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Beer & Brewing Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hogshead: Brew Monkey Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hogshead)

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

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