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Verb
/ˈbarəl/,
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barrels, plural;
  1. Drive or move fast, often heedless of surroundings or conditions
    • - we barreled across the Everglades
    • - barreling along the Ventura freeway
  2. Put into a barrel or barrels

Noun
  1. A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops around them

  2. Such a container together with its contents
    • - a barrel of beer
  3. A measure of capacity used for oil and beer. It is usually equal to 36 imperial gallons for beer and 35 imperial gallons or 42 US gallons (roughly 192 liters) for oil

  4. A tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen

  5. The belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse


  1. the amount that many barrels might hold
  2. (barrel) a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
  3. (barrel) a cylindrical container that holds liquids
  4. (barrel) a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
  5. (barrel) the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
  6. (barrelled) barreled: put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer"
  7. The use of oak in wine plays a significant role in winemaking and can have a profound effect on the resulting wine, affecting the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of the wine. Oak can come into contact with wine in the form of a barrel during the fermentation or aging periods. ...
  8. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of vertical wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. Traditionally, the barrel was a standard size of measure referring to a set capacity or weight of a given commodity. ...
  9. (Barrel (fastener)) A barrel is a component of a hinge, that has a hollow cylinder shaped section where the rotational bearing force is applied to the pivot, and may also have a screw shaped section for fastening and/or driving the pivot.
  10. (Barrel (horology)) Used in mechanical watches and clocks, a barrel is a cylindrical metal box closed by a cover, with a ring of gear teeth around it, containing a spiral spring called the mainspring, which provides power to run the timepiece. The barrel turns on an arbor (axle). ...
  11. (barrel) 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. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum; The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. ...
  12. (Barrel) A small wooden barrel used for aging red wine, and fermenting some styles of white wine.  Barrels are about 60 gallons in size, and are made of oak, primarily from French and American forests.
  13. (Barrel) The cylinder formed by plating the walls of a drilled hole.
  14. The barrel is the hollow part of a breaking wave where there is a gap between the face of the wave and the lip of the wave as it curls over. One of the highlights for any surfer is catching a tube ride.
  15. Conductor barrel The section of the term Deutsch IPD terminalsinal, splice or contact that accommodates the stripped conductor, or (2) Insulation barrel: The section of the terminal splice or contact that accommodates the conductor insulation.
  16. (Barrel) A hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves, used for fermenting and aging wine. Sometimes called a cask.
  17. (Barrel) U.S. gallons, or 5.6 cubic feet. Or, a wooden container used for the aging and maturation of alcoholic beverages. Barrels used for whiskey maturation are made of oak wood, and have a capacity of about 52 U.S. gallons. ...
  18. (Barrel) A round, metal cylinder (drum) used as a container. Barrels should always be loaded on cardboard dunnage.
  19. (Barrel) 42 U.S. gallons of crude oil.
  20. (Barrel) The main body of the cigar.
  21. (Barrel) Cylindrical part which in spring driven clocks holds the mainspring and in weight driven clocks has the lines wrapped around it
  22. (Barrel) The standard unit of measure of liquids in the petroleum industry. Contains 42 U.S. standard gallons.
  23. (Barrel) A measurement or container of beer, which equals 31 gallons.
  24. (Barrel) A unit of volume measurement used for petroleum and its products (7.3 barrels = 1 ton: 6.29 barrels = 1 cubic meter).
  25. (Barrel) The portion of the extruder surrounding the screw or plunger. Barrel Liner A sleeve forming the internal surface of the barrel.