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Answer for the clue "Used to fill or empty it ", 8 letters:
bunghole

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Word definitions for bunghole in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A bunghole or bungehole is a hole bored in a liquid-tight barrel to remove contents. The hole is capped with a large cork -like object called a bung . Acceptable usage include other access points that may be capped with alternate materials providing an ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of bung-hole English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bunghole \Bung"hole`\, n. See Bung , n., 2. --Shak.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it

Usage examples of bunghole.

I used for filling casks, and made it fast to the bunghole of the cask.

From a point fifteen feet away several lengths of slow match stretched along the deck, like a thin octopus, the ends disappearing in the bungholes, where they went down into the powder and were held lightly in position by wooden bungs.

They're both bungholes who think they're too noble to shit, but never mind about that, I know the difference.

They’re both bungholes who think they’re too noble to shit, but never mind about that, I know the difference.

We'll shove our swords up Tywin Lannister's bunghole soon enough, begging your pardons, and then it's on to the Red Keep to free Ned.

He then climbed down with this to the scuttle butt, outside the galley, inserted the gun barrel into the bunghole, and, having sucked up his drink, he was required to carry the drinking tube to the main top again.