Barrel

Quick meaning: Barrel is a noun meaning The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

Meaning

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

More Meanings

1. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
2. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
3. (automotive) A venturi (in carburetion).
4. (television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
5. (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
6. (countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
7. (archaic) Any tube.

Example Sentences

a cracker barrel

Near-synonym: cask

You're shooting stars from the barrel of your eyes

the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

Word Forms

• barrels
• barrell
• barreling
• barrelling
• barreled
• barrelled

Synonyms for barrel

Depending on context, synonyms include bbl, cask, v, drum, gun barrel, barrelful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bbl, barrelful, cask, drum, gun barrel, tank.

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