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barrel

UK /ˈbæɹ(ə)l/US /ˈbæɹəl/

noun 16
verb 4
forms 5
phrases 3

noun16

a big round object for holding things, made of wood boards held by metal rings and fat in the center
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Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four. — 1987
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(US, New-England) A waste receptacle.
- Throw it into the trash barrel.
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A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- You're shooting stars from the barrel of your eyes — 2010
A venturi (in carburetion).
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A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
- Moreover, it adds to difficulties in adjusting/servicing lamps located over high scenery, ceilings etc., where the barrel networks cannot be lowered or reached. — 2013
The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and resembles a barrel.
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The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
- 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — 1882
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A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
- the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
The hollow basal part of a feather.
Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
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(no longer used) A jar.
- And she said, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruse: [...] — 1611
(no longer used) Any tube.

verb4

To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
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To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
- He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
(slang) To bet consecutively on multiple streets.

forms

barreled · barrelled · barreling · barrelling · barrels

Phrases with barrel

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