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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogshead/#m1)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hogshead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogshead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.