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# hogshead

noun (hogshead, hogsheads)

«hogshead» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A hogshead is a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old measure of liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogshead/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogshead/#x1)
- The cellar held three hogsheads of wine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogshead/#x2)

### 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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hogshead» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogshead/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hogshead» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hogshead.html) on Mova free.