{
    "term": "keg",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a round wooden or metal container with a flat top and bottom, used especially for storing beer, like a barrel but smaller",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most of our beer is packaged in 50 litre aluminium kegs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a keg of beer"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the UK) beer served from metal containers, using gas pressure",
            "labels": "(British English)British and North American English",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/keɡ/",
                "audio": "ke/keg/keg__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/keɡ/",
                "audio": "ke/keg/keg__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: variant of Scots and US dialect cag, from Old Norse kaggi."
}