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1. (n.) barrel
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
2. barrel
a standard quantity that such a vessel can hold, as, in the U.S., 31.5 gallons of liquid or 105 dry quarts of fruits or vegetables.
3. barrel
any large quantity:
a barrel of fun.
4. barrel
any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel.
5. barrel
the tubelike part of a gun from which the projectile emerges.
6. barrel
the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled.
7. barrel
the trunk of a quadruped, esp. of a horse or cow.
8. (v.t.) barrel
to put or pack in a barrel or barrels.
9. barrel
to pursue (one's way) or to force (something) to go at high speed.
10. (v.i.) barrel
to travel or drive very fast:
to barrel along the highway.
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| Definition of 'Barrel' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) barrel, gun barrel
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
2. (noun) barrel, cask
a cylindrical container that holds liquids
3. (noun) barrel, drum
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
4. (noun) barrel, barrelful
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
5. (verb) barrel, bbl
any of various units of capacity
"a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"
6. (verb) barrel
put in barrels
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1. (noun) barrel
a large container for storing liquids
a barrel of beer/wine/oil
2. barrel
the long part of a gun
the barrel of a gun
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| Definition of 'Barrel' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Barrel
a round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads
2. (noun) Barrel
the quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds
3. (noun) Barrel
a solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled
4. (noun) Barrel
a metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged
5. (noun) Barrel
a jar
6. (noun) Barrel
the hollow basal part of a feather
7. (verb) Barrel
to put or to pack in a barrel or barrels
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Sense: a container of curved pieces of wood or of metal
The barrels contain beer.
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 Afrikaans: vat, vaatjie |
 Arabic: بَرْميل |
 Bulgarian: буре |
 Brazilian: barril |
 Czech: barel, sud |
 German: das Faß |
 Danish: tønde; anker |
 Greek: βαρέλι |
 Spanish: barril |
 Estonian: vaat |
 Farsi: بشکه |
 Finnish: tynnyri |
 French: tonneau |
 Hebrew: חֲבִית |
 Hindi: पीपा |
 Croatian: bačva |
 Hungarian: hordó |
 Indonesian: tong, drum |
 Icelandic: tunna |
 Italian: barile |
 Japanese: たる |
 Korean: 맥주 통 |
 Lithuanian: statinė |
 Latvian: muca |
 Malay: tong |
 Dutch: ton |
 Norwegian: tønne, fat |
 Polish: beczka |
 Persian: بشکه |
 Pashto: بېرل، بېلر، يو بېلر (هغه |
 Portuguese: barril |
 Romanian: butoi |
 Russian: бочка |
 Slovak: sud |
 Slovenian: sod |
 Serbian: bure |
 Swedish: fat, tunna |
 Thai: ถังใส่ของเหลว |
 Turkish: varil |
 Taiwanese: 圓桶 |
 Ukrainian: бочка |
 Urdu: لکڑی یا دھات کے ٹکڑوں کا |
 Vietnamese: thùng |
 Chinese: 桶 |
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