barrel (verb)
1barrel — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ beer, whisky/whiskey, wine, etc. ▪ oak, wooden VERB + BARREL ▪ fill …
2barrel — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. baril (12c.) barrel, cask, vat, with cognates in all Romance languages (Cf. It. barile, Sp. barril), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to BAR (Cf. bar) (n.1). Meaning metal tube of a gun… …
3barrel — ► NOUN 1) a large cylindrical container bulging out in the middle and with flat ends. 2) a measure of capacity for oil and beer (36 imperial gallons for beer and 35 for oil). 3) a cylindrical tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen …
4barrel — 1. noun /bɛɹəl/ a) 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… …
5barrel — [[t]bæ̱rəl[/t]] ♦♦♦ barrels, barrelling, barrelled (in AM, use barreling, barreled) 1) N COUNT A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels. ...barrels of pickled fish. 2) N COUNT:… …
6barrel — I UK [ˈbærəl] / US [ˈberəl] noun [countable] Word forms barrel : singular barrel plural barrels ** 1) a round wooden, metal, or plastic container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing liquids empty beer barrels a) the amount of liquid… …
7barrel — 1 noun (C) 1 a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal: barrels of beer 2 also barrelful the amount of liquid that a barrel contains, used especially as a measure of oil: Oil was $30 a barrel. 3 the part of a gun… …
8barrel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English barel, from Anglo French baril Date: 14th century 1. a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter 2. a. the amount… …
9barrel — bar|rel1 [ berəl ] noun count ** 1. ) a round wooden, metal, or plastic container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing liquids: empty beer barrels a ) the amount of liquid contained in a barrel: Their customers drink a million barrels of… …
10barrel — I. /ˈbærəl / (say baruhl) noun 1. a wooden cylindrical vessel made of staves hooped together, and having slightly bulging sides and flat parallel ends. 2. a unit of quantity in the imperial system, equal to 159.11315 × 10 3 m3, and in the US, to… …
