Answers.Body: <p>The stopper is called a “bung”. The hole is called the bung hole.</p>
  
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    <p>A bung, stopper or cork is a truncated cylindrical or conical closure to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid, which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal. - <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bung" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bung (Wikipedia)</a></p>
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  <p>Bung in the bunghole of a wine barrel</p>
  
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Body: <p>Most fermenting vessels require a stopper to hold an airlock in place or seal it up while moving so what is the technical name of that stopper?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Bung. The hole is called the bung hole and now you know where that term came from!
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Title: What is the technical name for the stopper used to seal a barrel of beer or wine?
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ThreadText: # What is the technical name for the stopper used to seal a barrel of beer or wine?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-24)
  
  Most fermenting vessels require a stopper to hold an airlock in place or seal it up while moving so what is the technical name of that stopper?
  
  **Tags:** terminology, barrels
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Bung. The hole is called the bung hole and now you know where that term came from!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-24. Score: 3
  
  The stopper is called a “bung”. The hole is called the bung hole.
  
  > A bung, stopper or cork is a truncated cylindrical or conical closure to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid, which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal. - [Bung (Wikipedia)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bung)
  
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  Bung in the bunghole of a wine barrel
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thank you @username_2hain  
  > **username_2**: @kengraham Thanks for the edits!  
  
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