Meaning & use
kegerator
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Meaning
nouncountableinformal
A refrigerator fitted with a tap that keeps a keg of beer or another drink cold and ready to pour.
Grammar: Has a plural: kegerators. Often followed by for: a kegerator for the basement bar.
Patterns
- a kegerator for something
- tap a kegerator
He built a kegerator in the garage for his homemade beer.
The bar bought a second kegerator for the summer crowd.
Our kegerator holds a half-barrel keg and has two taps.
Word forms
| plural | kegerators |
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Common combinations
- install a kegerator
- They installed a kegerator in the basement.
- a kegerator with two taps
- We bought a kegerator with two taps for the party.
- convert a fridge into a kegerator
- He converted an old fridge into a kegerator.
- a draft kegerator
- A draft kegerator keeps the pressure steady.
- fill the kegerator
- He filled the kegerator before the guests arrived.
Synonyms and how they differ
- keg cooler
- Keg cooler is a more general name for any device that chills a keg, without necessarily including a tap.
- beer dispenser
- A beer dispenser is any machine that pours beer, whereas a kegerator specifically keeps a keg cold in a fridge.
- draft system
- Draft system covers the whole setup of lines and taps, often in a commercial bar.
- beer fridge
- A beer fridge holds bottles and cans, while a kegerator serves beer from a keg.
Word family
- keg noun
- a small barrel for beer
- refrigerator noun
- an appliance that keeps food and drink cold
- tap noun
- the device that lets liquid pour out
Commonly confused: kegerator or refrigerator?
kegerator vs refrigerator
A refrigerator is a general cold-storage appliance, while a kegerator is a fridge adapted to pour draft drinks.
Practice
Which appliance would you use to pour cold draft beer from a keg at home?
Choose one answer.
A kegerator is a refrigerator with a tap for a keg. The other appliances cannot chill and serve a keg.
Make it your own
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