NOUN
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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 bbl In A Sentence
- I chatter with enthusiasm whilst knobs of butter slide off the fishes' backs and sizzle to blister bubbles.
- For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
- A light tubular chassis with an inline 8 cylinder engine was made by cobbling a couple of sports engines together.
- The group had cobbled together a few decent songs.
- She wound up her dance routine with a wobbly pirouette and took a little bow.
- He's still a bit wobbly after the operation .
- So, she ran round and round the scaffold with the executioner striking at her, and her grey hair bedabbled with blood; and even when they held her down upon the block she moved her head about to the last, resolved to be no party to her own barbarous murder. A Child's History of England
- He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
- After Colette left he cleared his throat and looked through a newspaper, his long fingers scrabbling a bit at the pages.
- He wears tee shirts and a designer stubble and is always two steps ahead of himself.