FIRKINS Synonyms

• the quantity a cask will hold

• a cylindrical container that holds liquids

• any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

• the quantity contained in a keg

• small cask or barrel

• a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

• a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

• the amount that a tub will hold