as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration—there's no beer in them

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Noun
  • As if things weren’t complicated enough, they are forced to work together when a hurricane barrels toward the hospital, which then goes into lockdown.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The San Francisco-area plant that Valero plans to shut by April 2026 can process 145,000 barrels of oil a day.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • Now Currently, most regulations that address phosphorus runoff cover sources that can be easily identified, such as discharge pipes.
    Simi Thambi​, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The tent includes features such as a small TV room and visible air-conditioning pipes.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Kilderkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilderkin. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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