barrel

barrel
bar•rel
[[t]ˈbær əl[/t]] n. v. -reled, -rel•ing (esp. brit.)-relled, -rel•ling.
1) a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends
2) wam a standard quantity that such a vessel can hold, as, in the U.S., 31.5 gallons of liquid or 105 dry quarts of fruits or vegetables
3) any large quantity:
a barrel of fun[/ex]
4) any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel
5) mil the tubelike part of a gun from which the projectile emerges
6) hor the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled
7) zool. the trunk of a quadruped, esp. of a horse or cow
8) aum
Also called throat 6) a passageway in a carburetor that has the shape of a Venturi tube.
9) to put or pack in a barrel or barrels
10) cvb inf to pursue (one's way) or to force (something) to go at high speed
11) inf to travel or drive very fast:
to barrel along the highway[/ex]
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Etymology: 1250–1300; ME barell < OF barril

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • barrel — bar‧rel [ˈbærəl] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT a large round container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing and carrying liquids such as oil and beer: • barrels of beer 2. an amount of a liquid contained in a barrel, used as unit of… …   Financial and business terms

  • barrel — [bar′əl, ber′əl] n. [ME barel < OFr baril < ML barillus < ?] 1. a large, wooden, cylindrical container with flat, circular ends and sides that bulge outward, made usually of staves bound together with hoops 2. the capacity or contents of …   English World dictionary

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  • barrel — (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… …   Etymology dictionary

  • barrel — ► 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 …   English terms dictionary

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  • Barrel — [Aufbauwortschatz (Rating 1500 3200)] Bsp.: • 1 Barrel = ca. 30 40 Gallonen • 1 Barrel Öl = 159 l …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Barrel — Bar rel (b[a^]r r[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barreled} ( r[e^]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.] To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Barrel — (engl., spr. bärrĕl), engl. Biermaß = 36 Imperialgallons = 163,56 l; Gewichtsbegriff verschiedener Größe für Weizenmehl = engl. 196 Pfund ( = 88,9 kg), Butter = 224, Seife = 256, Pottasche = 200 engl. Pfund …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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