'Barrel' definitions:
Definition of 'barrel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired [syn: barrel, gun barrel]
noun
A cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: barrel, cask]
noun
A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: barrel, drum]
noun
The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold [syn: barrel, barrelful]
noun
Any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" [syn: barrel, bbl]
verb
Put in barrels
Definition of 'Barrel'
From: GCIDE
- Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[a^]r"r[e^]l), n.[OE. barel, F. baril, prob. fr. barre bar. Cf. Barricade.]
- 1. 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; as, a cracker barrel. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. 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 311/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A jar. [Obs.] --1 Kings xvii. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Zool.) The hollow basal part of a feather. [1913 Webster]
- Barrel bulk (Com.), a measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight.
- Barrel drain (Arch.), a drain in the form of a cylindrical tube.
- Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues.
- Barrel of the ear (Anat.), the tympanum, or tympanic cavity.
- Barrel organ, an instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder.
- Barrel vault. See under Vault. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Barrel'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'barrel'
From: Easton
- Barrel a vessel used for keeping flour (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). The same word (cad) so rendered is also translated "pitcher," a vessel for carrying water (Gen. 24:14; Judg. 7:16).
Synonyms of 'barrel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundance,
- acres,
- bag,
- bags,
- ball the jack,
- barb,
- barbule,
- barrels,
- basket,
- beeline,
- bole,
- boom,
- bottle,
- bowl along,
- box,
- box up,
- breeze,
- breeze along,
- brush,
- burden,
- bushel,
- butt,
- can,
- capsule,
- carton,
- case,
- cask,
- cilium,
- clip,
- column,
- copiousness,
- countlessness,
- crate,
- cut along,
- cylinder,
- cylindroid,
- drum,
- encase,
- encyst,
- filament,
- filamentule,
- fill,
- fleet,
- flit,
- flood,
- fly,
- fly low,
- foot,
- freight,
- go fast,
- great deal,
- hamper,
- hasten,
- heap,
- heap up,
- highball,
- hogshead,
- hustle,
- jar,
- keg,
- lade,
- lashings,
- load,
- lot,
- lump,
- make knots,
- mass,
- mess,
- mountain,
- much,
- multitude,
- nip,
- numerousness,
- ocean,
- oceans,
- outstrip the wind,
- pack,
- pack away,
- package,
- parcel,
- peck,
- pile,
- pillar,
- pipe,
- plenitude,
- plenty,
- pocket,
- pot,
- pour it on,
- power,
- profusion,
- quantities,
- quantity,
- quill,
- rip,
- rocket,
- roll,
- roller,
- rouleau,
- run,
- rush,
- sack,
- scorch,
- sea,
- shaft,
- ship,
- sight,
- sizzle,
- skim,
- smoke,
- spate,
- speed,
- stack,
- store,
- storm along,
- stow,
- superabundance,
- superfluity,
- sweep,
- tank,
- tear,
- tear along,
- thunder along,
- tin,
- tons,
- trunk,
- tube,
- tun,
- volume,
- whisk,
- whiz,
- world,
- worlds,
- zing,
- zip,
- zoom
Words containing 'Barrel'
- -barrelled,
- Barreled,
- Barreling,
- Barrelled,
- Barrelling,
- barrelful,
- barrels,
- Barrel bulk,
- Barrel drain,
- Barrel of a boiler,
- Barrel of the ear,
- Barrel organ,
- Barrel process,
- Barrel vault,
- Budge barrel,
- Going barrel,
- Gun barrel,
- Light barrel,
- Scouring barrel,
- Tumbling barrel,
- Wash barrel,
- Watch barrel,
- barrel cacti,
- barrel cactus,
- barrel fish,
- barrel knot,
- barrel maker,
- barrel roll,
- beer barrel,
- pickle barrel,
- pork barrel,
- rain barrel,
- rear of barrel,
- trash barrel,
- wine barrel,
- Double-barreled,
- Gun Barrel City,
- barrel-shaped,
- cracker-barrel,
- double-barrelled,
- golden barrel cactus,
- pork-barreling,
- single-barreled,
- single-barrelled,
- Gun Barrel City, TX