Australian English Meaning of barrel

barrel

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Definitions and Meaning of barrel in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

barrel (v)

put in barrels

Webster

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.

Webster

barrel (v. t.)

To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

FAQs About the word barrel

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

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