Wondering how to use Hogshead in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as barrel or cask.
Hogshead in a sentence
Hogshead meaning
- A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).
- A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
Using Hogshead
- The main meaning on this page is: A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe). | A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
- Useful related words include: british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit, barrel, cask.
- In the example corpus, hogshead often appears in combinations such as: hogshead of.
Context around Hogshead
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hogshead
- In this selection, "hogshead" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, toward, standardized, brewery and measured stand out and add context to how "hogshead" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a standardized hogshead measured convert and at the hogshead in wolverhampton. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hogshead" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hogshead
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The general standard for liquids is 31.5 gal or half a hogshead. (13 words)
Trumper, who earns $160,000 a year, reports to the Secretary Buffaloe not Hogshead. (14 words)
Walk into Hogshead Brewery and you’ll see its English-style cask ales listed above the bar on a menu on the left. (23 words)
It has been managed since February by Simon Blaney, who decided to go for the management role after several years of working at the Hogshead in Wolverhampton and finding that it was a much easier commute for himself. (38 words)
Weary of the office’s ability to handle western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene, Republican legislators directed much of their ire toward Hogshead’s leadership and called on her to resign. (33 words)
Eventually, a hogshead of wine came to be convert, while a hogshead of beer or ale is 54 gallons (250 L if old beer/ale gallons, 245 L if imperial). (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
Eventually, a hogshead of wine came to be convert, while a hogshead of beer or ale is 54 gallons (250 L if old beer/ale gallons, 245 L if imperial).
Trumper, who earns $160,000 a year, reports to the Secretary Buffaloe not Hogshead.
Walk into Hogshead Brewery and you’ll see its English-style cask ales listed above the bar on a menu on the left.
It has been managed since February by Simon Blaney, who decided to go for the management role after several years of working at the Hogshead in Wolverhampton and finding that it was a much easier commute for himself.
Weary of the office’s ability to handle western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene, Republican legislators directed much of their ire toward Hogshead’s leadership and called on her to resign.
A standardized hogshead measured convert long and convert in diameter at the head (at least convert, depending on the width in the middle).
The general standard for liquids is 31.5 gal or half a hogshead.
Common combinations with hogshead
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hogshead of 2×