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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•rel /ˈbærəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -reled, -rel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -relled, -rel•ling. n. [countable] - a rounded container for liquids.
- Weights and Measuresthe amount that a barrel can hold:a barrel of crude oil.
- Militarythe metal tubelike part of a gun from which the bullet comes out.
v. - [~ + object] to put or pack in a barrel or barrels.
- Informal Terms to drive or move at high speed:[no object]They were barreling along at 95 miles an hour.
Idioms- over a barrel, placed in a difficult situation.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•rel (bar′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -reled, -rel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -relled, -rel•ling. n. - a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- Weights and Measuresthe 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). Abbr.: bbl - any large quantity:a barrel of fun.
- any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel in form.
- Military[Ordn.]the tube of a gun.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]the chamber of a pump in which the piston works.
- Timea drum turning on a shaft, as in a weight-driven clock.
- Time[Horol.]the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled.
- Birds[Ornith. Obs.]a calamus or quill.
- Zoologythe trunk of a quadruped, esp. of a horse, cow, etc.
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe main portion of a capstan, about which the rope winds, between the drumhead at the top and the pawl rim at the bottom.
- Mechanical Engineeringa rotating horizontal cylinder in which manufactured objects are coated or polished by tumbling in a suitable substance.
- any structure having the form of a barrel vault.
- AutomotiveAlso called throat. a passageway in a carburetor that has the shape of a Venturi tube.
- Idioms 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.
v.t. - to put or pack in a barrel or barrels.
- Mechanical Engineeringto finish (metal parts) by tumbling in a barrel.
- Informal Termsto force to go or proceed at high speed:He barreled his car through the dense traffic.
v.i. - Informal Termsto travel or drive very fast:to barrel along the highway.
- Vulgar Latin *barrīculum, equivalent. to *barrīc(a), perh. derivative of Late Latin barra bar1 + Latin -ulum -ule; compare Medieval Latin (ca. 800) barriclus small cask
- Anglo-French baril, Old French barril
- Middle English barell 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: barrel /ˈbærəl/ n - a cylindrical container usually bulging outwards in the middle and held together by metal hoops; cask
- Also called: barrelful the amount that a barrel can hold
- a unit of capacity used in the oil and other industries, normally equal to 42 US gallons or 35 Imperial gallons
- a thing or part shaped like a barrel, esp a tubular part of a machine
- the tube through which the projectile of a firearm is discharged
- the trunk of a four-legged animal: the barrel of a horse
- over a barrel ⇒ informal powerless
- scrape the barrel ⇒ informal to be forced to use one's last and weakest resource
vb ( -rels, -relling, -relled, US -rels, -reling, -reled)- (transitive) to put into a barrel or barrels
- (intr; followed by along, in, etc) informal (intransitive) to travel or move very fast
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French baril perhaps from barre bar1 |