barrel (Meaning)
barrel (n)
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
a cylindrical container that holds liquids
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
any of various units of capacity
barrel (v)
put in barrels
barrel (n.)
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.
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.
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.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
A jar.
The hollow basal part of a feather.
barrel (v. t.)
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Synonyms & Antonyms of barrel
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- streak
- mouthful
- mite
- spot
- atom
- pinch
- sprinkling
- shadow
- dram
- sprinkle
- ounce
- trace
- ace
- mite
- pinch
- suspicion
- scrap
- suspicion
- peanuts
- scrap
- shade
- spot
- ray
- grain
- granule
- lick
- handful
- speck
- molecule
- nip
- peanuts
- dab
- shadow
- handful
- bit
- speck
- shade
- bit
- pittance
- touch
- ace
- atom
- hint
- particle
- tad
- molecule
- particle
- streak
- touch
- mouthful
- grain
- sprinkle
- ray
- lick
- ounce
- hint
- taste
- dot
- nip
- glimmer
- dab
- glimmer
- trace
- tad
- dot
- strain
- sprinkling
- fragment
- taste
- strain
- dram
- granule
- pittance
- fragment
Synonyms:
- quite a bit
- shipload
- lashings
- store
- peck
- lashins
- bundle
- all kinds (of)
- wad
- spate
- good deal
- reams
- potful
- pot
- mess
- multiplicity
- truckload
- hundred
- sheaf
- mountain
- profusion
- heap
- carload
- fistful
- volume
- boatload
- plenitude
- basketful
- gobs
- yard
- pack
- sight
- surplus
- abundance
- myriad
- mass
Antonyms:
- iota
- smidgen
- fleck
- modicum
- driblet
- drop
- shot
- tittle
- flyspeck
- smidge
- scintilla
- flyspeck
- little
- iota
- dash
- smidgen
- morsel
- mote
- portion
- drop
- morsel
- tittle
- smidge
- poverty
- fleck
- smattering
- scruple
- smattering
- shortage
- little
- mote
- poverty
- smidgin
- crumb
- scintilla
- driblet
- shot
- whit
- smidgeon
- portion
- piece
- shortage
- dash
- smidgin
- nubbin
- nubbin
- shred
- shred
- smidgeon
- crumb
- whit
- jot
- section
- section
- scruple
- jot
- piece
- modicum
Synonyms:
- flood
- throng
- surfeit
- overabundance
- overflow
- flock
- superabundance
- oodles
- superfluity
- drove
- redundancy
- mob
- much
- passel
- zillion
- plague
- multitude
- sea
- million
- bevy
- plateful
- cram
- crowd
- scads
- embarrassment
- press
- plentitude
- crush
- army
- plethora
- score
- thousands
- oversupply
- horde
- epidemic
- overkill
- deluge
- host
- rash
- swarm
- herd
- trillion
- bonanza
- excess
- overage
Antonyms:
barrel Sentence Examples
- The oil barrel sat heavily in the corner of the warehouse, its contents eagerly awaited.
- The hunter carefully aimed the rifle's barrel at the approaching deer.
- The symphony of Niagara Falls echoed through the barrel-shaped tunnel.
- A barrel of apples spilled onto the road, creating a sticky mess.
- The monkeys swung effortlessly from the wooden barrels at the zoo.
- The cooper handcrafted the whiskey barrels with precision and pride.
- A barrel of powder ignited in the explosion, shaking the entire building.
- The ship's barrel of rum was a prize coveted by pirates.
- The water barrel provided a much-needed oasis in the desert.
- The comedian's jokes fell flat, leaving the audience feeling as empty as a barrel.
FAQs About the word barrel
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired, a cylindrical container that holds liquids, a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends, the q
bushel, pile, slew, lot, loads, raft, quantity,ton, deal, stack
streak, mouthful, mite, spot, atom, pinch, sprinkling, shadow, dram, sprinkle
The oil barrel sat heavily in the corner of the warehouse, its contents eagerly awaited.
The hunter carefully aimed the rifle's barrel at the approaching deer.
The symphony of Niagara Falls echoed through the barrel-shaped tunnel.
A barrel of apples spilled onto the road, creating a sticky mess.
