The meaning of Barrel

Barrel – definition

noun
A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.
Usage examples:
The wine is then matured in old barrels
Synonims:
Cask Keg Butt Vat Tun Tub Drum Tank Firkin Hogshead Kilderkin Pin Pipe Barrique Solera Puncheon Tierce
noun
A tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen.
Usage examples:
A gun barrel
noun
The belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse.
Usage examples:
A welsh mountain pony with a barrel like a butt of wine

verb
Drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.
Usage examples:
We barrelled across the everglades
verb
Put into a barrel or barrels.
Usage examples:
When the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour

noun
A large wooden container with a flat top and bottom and curving sides that are wider in the middle
Usage examples:
We were barreling along at 80 miles an hour.

noun
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
Usage examples:
A barrel of beer in the us is 31 us gallons, and in the uk it is 36 uk gallons., today oil prices r…

Barrel translation into English

Barrel: translate from English into Chinese

桶, 枪管, 炮筒, 炮身, 笔胆

Barrel: translate from English into Dutch

Loop, Vat, Ton, Fust, Inkuipen

Barrel: translate from English into French

Baril, Canon, Tonneau, Fût, Barrique, Futaille, Mettre en fût, Aller à toute pompe

Barrel: translate from English into German

Fass, Lauf, Rohr, Tonne, Walze

Barrel: translate from English into Hindi

बैरल, पीपा, भरना, उड़ेलना, डालना, बंदूक की नाल, गैलन मदिरा, बन्दूक की नली, लकड़ी का पीपा, ढोल

Barrel: translate from English into Italian

Botte, Barile, Canna, Serbatoio, Tamburo, Mettere in barili

Barrel: translate from English into Korean

통, 몸통, 원통, 한통, 다량, 선거 비용, 중배가 불룩한 통, 캡스턴의 동부, 통에 넣다, 통에 채우다, 질주시키다, 무서운 속도로 달리다

Barrel: translate from English into Russian

Бочка, Баррель, Ствол, Бочонок, Цилиндр, Дуло, Барабан, Вал, Ствол ружья, Барабанная полость, Брюхо, Разливать по бочонкам

Barrel: translate from English into Spanish

Barril, Cañón, Tonel, Depósito, Cuba, Caja, Tronco, Correr mucho, Embarrilar, Tambor pequeño

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.

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Barrel – similar words

barreled

verb
Drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.
Usage examples:
We barrelled across the everglades

noun
A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.
Usage examples:
The wine is then matured in old barrels

noun
A tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen.
Usage examples:
A gun barrel

All meanings and translations of Barreled

Barrel synonims

firkin

ˈfɜː.kɪn

noun
A small cask formerly used for liquids, butter, or fish.
Usage examples:
If that wasn't enough he has provided t-shirts for the gang to wear on the ride (no yellow jerseys …

noun
A small barrel (= a round container) used in the past for liquids and butter, normally holding 9 imperial gallons or around 41 litres
Usage examples:
He had a firkin of ale hidden in the barn., that year his seven cows produced only two firkins of b…

All meanings and translations of Firkin

keg

keɡ

noun
A small barrel, especially one of less than 10 gallons or (in the us) 30 gallons.
Usage examples:
The owners of this bar have been very good to us, and occasionally even send down kegs of beer in t…

noun
A small barrel (= container with a circular top and bottom and curved sides)

All meanings and translations of Keg

kilderkin

ˈkɪldəkɪn

noun
A cask for liquids or other substances, holding 16 or 18 gallons.
Usage examples:
If you take a barrel to be two kilderkins and a kilderkin to be two firkins (which are themselves, …

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noun
A thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.
Usage examples:
One of them cleverly decorates a vase by drawing plant leaves using a sharp pin, while another shap…

verb
Attach or fasten with a pin or pins.
Usage examples:
He pinned the badge on to his lapel

noun
An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

All meanings and translations of Pin

pipe

pʌɪp

noun
A tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.
Usage examples:
Roads, bridges, utility lines, water and sewer pipes, and other supporting services have to be rebu…

verb
Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.
Usage examples:
Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

All meanings and translations of Pipe

puncheon

ˈpʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n

noun
A short post, especially one used for supporting the roof in a coal mine.

noun
A large cask for liquids or other commodities, holding from 72 to 120 gallons.
Usage examples:
We had passed through long walls of piled skeletons, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into t…

All meanings and translations of Puncheon

solera

səˈlɛːrə

noun
A spanish method of producing wine, especially sherry and madeira, whereby small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below.
Usage examples:
In the solera system, wine from many vintages is matured in the cellars in separate casks.

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tierce

noun
Another term for terce.

adjective
Divided into three equal parts of different tinctures.

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tub

noun
A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.
Usage examples:
A rainwater tub

verb
Plant in a tub.
Usage examples:
Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

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tun

tʌn

noun
A large beer or wine cask.
Usage examples:
In 1347 he sold 3 tuns of wine to the king's butler; while in 1349 he exported cloth.

verb
Store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun.

noun
A large round wooden container for beer or wine
Usage examples:
A cartload of wine tuns

All meanings and translations of Tun

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