| barrel | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. barrel, gun barrel | a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. barrel, cask | a cylindrical container that holds liquids. |
| ~ beer barrel, beer keg | a barrel that holds beer. |
| ~ breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded. |
| ~ bung, spile | a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask. |
| ~ butt | a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons). |
| ~ hogshead | a large cask especially one holding 63 gals. |
| ~ hoop, ring | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling.; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" |
| ~ keg | small cask or barrel. |
| ~ pickle barrel | a barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled. |
| ~ shook | a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment. |
| ~ stave, lag | one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket. |
| ~ spigot, tap | a plug for a bunghole in a cask. |
| ~ tun | a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals. |
| ~ vessel | an object used as a container (especially for liquids). |
| ~ wine barrel, wine cask | a barrel that holds wine. |
| n. (shape) | 3. barrel, drum | a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends. |
| ~ cylinder | a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. barrel, barrelful | the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. barrel, bbl | any of various units of capacity.; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" |
| ~ united states liquid unit | a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System. |
| ~ british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet. |
| ~ gal, gallon | United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters. |
| ~ congius, imperial gallon, gallon | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters. |
| ~ hogshead | a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages. |
| v. (contact) | 6. barrel | put in barrels. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
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