hogshead

«hogshead» in Mova's school dictionary: a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (hogshead, hogsheads)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) A hogshead is a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old measure of liquid. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories, a barrel of drink brought to a traveller

examples

• They brought a hogshead of cider to the ship. tree →
• The cellar held three hogsheads of wine. tree →

note

a hogshead is a large barrel, a unit of volume; two hogsheads means two barrels, each holding a large amount, so count the barrels as you would any other unit

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hogshead» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.