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Definition of barrel

a cylindrical container that holds liquids
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
put in barrels

Similar Words: cask, gun barrel, bbl, barrelful, drum

Hyponyms: beer barrel, beer keg, butt, hogshead, keg, pickle barrel, shook, tun, wine cask, wine barrel

Part Meronyms: gun, hogshead

Derivational Morphology: barrelful, cask

Anagrams: barbel, rabble, arable

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