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UK
/bˈæɹəl/
]
[ US /ˈbæɹəɫ, ˈbɛɹəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈbæɹəɫ, ˈbɛɹəɫ/ ]
VERB
- put in barrels
NOUN
- the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a cylindrical container that holds liquids
- a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
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any of various units of capacity
a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons
How To Use barrel In A Sentence
- Having a smooth bore . Use of a gun barrel.
- Jug-eared and barrel-chested, he still looks the part of the fighter.
- The seas roiled , tossing the ships in the harbor about like toys in a rain barrel.
- People like Momtaz Begum simply sweep up their waste and dump it into the barrel.
- She knows I need the work so she's got me over a barrel in terms of what she pays me.
- I used to muzzleload, had a TC Hawkin flintlock, as heavy as that barrel is it would take alot to burst it, dunno if "modern" muzzleloaders are as hefty or not, but I assume they are just for product liability reasons. Flying Ramrods and Broken Noses
- But as the barrel swung it would push a small piston that, in return, moved the hand lever.
- Scarcely had I managed, helped by the second mate, Aaron Northrup, to lower away half-a-dozen barrels and kegs, when all cried from the boat that they were casting off. Chapter 19
- The powder charge and the ball and patch had to be rammed separately down the tight-fitting barrel and the pan primed with powder.
- The barrels of the .30 calibers were stuck in the ground.
