barrel - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'barrel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

2 . Barrel

[ v. t.]

- To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Meaning of 'barrel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . barrel

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- any of various units of capacity

Example in sentence:

a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons

Nearby Words:

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