barrelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbær.əl/us/ˈber.əl/barrel noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)
a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides that make it fatter in the middle:
They drank a whole barrel of beer (= the contents of a barrel) at the party.
In the oil industry, a barrel of oil is equal to 159 litres.
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Containers for liquids and gases
- aerosol
- amphora
- bottle
- bucket
- canister
- flask
- inkwell
- jar
- jeroboam
- jerrycan
- jug
- keg
- oxygen tank
- pitcher
- vacuum flask
- vase
- vat
- vial
- water bottle
- water tank
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Measurements of volume
barrel noun [ C ] (GUN PART)
the long part of a gun that is shaped like a tube
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Parts of guns
- bore
- business end
- butt
- clip
- flint
- gauge
- hammer
- holster
- magazine
- muffler
- muzzle
- ramrod
- safety catch
- sight
- silencer
- stock
- trigger
- turret
Idiom(s)
be a barrel of laughs/fun
have sb over a barrel
let sb have both barrels
barrelverb [ I, + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈbær.əl/us/ˈber.əl/-ll- or US usually -l- informalto travel somewhere very quickly:
We were barrelling along the autobahn at 180 kph.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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