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Definitions for Barrels

[1] a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
[2] the quantity that such a vessel of some standard size can hold: for most liquids, 31½ U.S. gallons (119 L); for petroleum, 42 U.S. gallons (159 L); for dry materials, 105 U.S. dry quarts (115 L). Abbreviation : bbl
[3] any large quantity: a barrel of fun.
[4] any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel in form.
[5] Ordnance . the tube of a gun.
[6] Machinery . the chamber of a pump in which the piston works.
[7] a drum turning on a shaft, as in a weight-driven clock.
[8] Horology . the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled.
[9] Ornithology Obsolete . a calamus or quill.
[10] the trunk of a quadruped, especially of a horse, cow, etc.
[11] Nautical . the main portion of a capstan, about which the rope winds, between the drumhead at the top and the pawl rim at the bottom.
[12] a rotating horizontal cylinder in which manufactured objects are coated or polished by tumbling in a suitable substance.
[13] any structure having the form of a barrel vault.
[14] Also called throat. Automotive . a passageway in a carburetor that has the shape of a Venturi tube.
[15] to put or pack in a barrel or barrels.
[16] to finish (metal parts) by tumbling in a barrel.
[17] Informal . to force to go or proceed at high speed: He barreled his car through the dense traffic.
[18] Informal . to travel or drive very fast: to barrel along the highway.
[19] over a barrel , Informal . in a helpless, weak, or awkward position; unable to act: They really had us over a barrel when they foreclosed the mortgage.
[20] a cylindrical container usually bulging outwards in the middle and held together by metal hoops; cask
[21] Also called: barrelful the amount that a barrel can hold
[22] a unit of capacity used in brewing, equal to 36 Imperial gallons
[23] a unit of capacity used in the oil and other industries, normally equal to 42 US gallons or 35 Imperial gallons
[24] a thing or part shaped like a barrel, esp a tubular part of a machine
[25] the tube through which the projectile of a firearm is discharged
[26] horology the cylindrical drum in a watch or clock that is rotated by the mainspring
[27] the trunk of a four-legged animal the barrel of a horse
[28] the quill of a feather
[29] informal a large measure; a great deal (esp in the phrases barrel of fun, barrel of laughs )
[30] Australian informal the hollow inner side of a wave
[31] over a barrel informal powerless
[32] scrape the barrel informal to be forced to use one's last and weakest resource
[33] (tr) to put into a barrel or barrels
[34] (intr ; foll by along, in, etc ) informal (intr) to travel or move very fast
[35] Australian informal to ride on the inside of a wave

Words nearby Barrels

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Origin of Barrels

1250–1300; Middle English barell < Anglo-French baril, Old French barril < Vulgar Latin *barrīculum, equivalent to *barrīc(a ), perhaps derivative of Late Latin barra bar1 + Latin -ulum -ule; compare Medieval Latin (circa 800) barriclus small cask

Other words from Barrels

half-bar·rel , noun
un·bar·reled , adjective
un·bar·relled , adjective

Word origin for Barrels

C14: from Old French baril perhaps from barre bar 1

Synonyms for Barrels

cask, cylinder, drum, pipe, butt, firkin, hogshead, keg, receptacle, tub, tun, vat, vessel