Barrel

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
  • (n.) A jar.
  • (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
  • (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Compare barrel with other words:

barrel vs. carrel

barred vs. barrel

barrel vs. cannon

barrel vs. barret

barrel vs. parrel

barrel vs. barren

barrel vs. burrel

barrel vs. borrel

barbel vs. barrel

barrel vs. muzzle

barrel vs. stock

barrel vs. trunk

barrel vs. musketoon

barrel vs. mitrailleuse

barrel vs. barreling

barrel vs. lock

barrel vs. circular

barrel vs. pail

barrel vs. wild

barrel vs. mobile

barrel vs. liter

barrel vs. rush

barrel vs. container

barrel vs. tub

barrel vs. content

barrel vs. carboy

barrel vs. gallon

barrel vs. shank

barrel vs. drawbore

barrel vs. cade

barrel vs. barreled

barrel vs. suppressor

barrel vs. spile

barrel vs. foots

barrel vs. penstock

barrel vs. orgue

barrel vs. tin

anker vs. barrel

barrel vs. screech

barrel vs. drilling

barrel vs. cooper

barrel vs. choke

barrel vs. hagbut

barrel vs. buntline

barrel vs. knag

barrel vs. derringer

barrel vs. coop

barrel vs. blunderbuss

barrel vs. pistol

barrel vs. raft

barrel vs. move

barrel vs. jar

barrel vs. compartment

barrel vs. mouthpiece

barrel vs. clarinet

barrel vs. feather

barrel vs. basal

barrel vs. hollow

barrel vs. discharged

barrel vs. projectile

barrel vs. tube

barrel vs. metallic

barrel vs. windlass

barrel vs. case

barrel vs. cylinder

barrel vs. firkin

barrel vs. kilderkin

barrel vs. tierce

barrel vs. puncheon

barrel vs. hogshead

barrel vs. flour

barrel vs. pounds

barrel vs. wine

barrel vs. custom

barrel vs. law

barrel vs. drum

barrel vs. stave

barrel vs. bulging

barrel vs. cask

barrel vs. vessel

barrel vs. round

barrel vs. rundlet

barrel vs. twist

barrel vs. bilge

barrel vs. patch

barrel vs. thrall

barrel vs. keg

barrel vs. carrier

barrel vs. hoop

barrel vs. sling

barrel vs. shake

barrel vs. bore

barrel vs. slug

barrel vs. bucket

barrel vs. gun

barrel vs. cathead