Definition of "barrel"
- noun
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. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
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 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
A tube.
The hollow basal part of a feather.
The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
A waste receptacle.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
- verb
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
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