bung-hole

Cask's filling port

A bung-hole is the hole in a barrel or cask through which liquid is poured in or drained out, sealed with a stopper called a bung.

The word also serves as crude slang for the anus, playing on the circular opening and the verb sense of bung (to plug or stop up): What are you looking at, bung-hole?

barrel

keg

Small beverage barrel

  • caskWooden storage barrel
  • spigotLiquid flow controller
  • tapValve controlling liquid flow

stave · hoop · cooperage · cooper · vintner · brewery · distillery · ferment · ale · stout

opening

aperture

Adjustable optical inlet

  • orificeBodily passage entrance
  • ventOpening for airflow
  • drainChannel for wastewater

outlet · perforation · slot · passage · access point

plug

stopper

Closure for an opening

  • corkTree bark bottle seal
  • spilePlug or tap
  • sealAuthentication stamp or mark

cap · closure · watertight · airtight · leakproof · gasket · mallet · hammer · tight-fitting · removable

Opposites
opening vs. closure

bung-holebung

Wooden barrel seal

stopper · plug · cork · seal · closure

entry point vs. solid surface

bung-holestave

Barrel's wooden rib

barrel head

Family

bung, hole, bungs, holes, holed, holing, holier, bunged, bunging

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13