barrel

B1
Pronunciation
/ˈbæɹəl/
/ˈbæɹəl/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

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. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

Example Sentences
  • a cracker barrel
2 Definition

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

3 Definition

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

Example Sentences
  • the barrel of a windlass;  the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
4 Definition

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

5 Definition

A tube.

6 Definition

The hollow basal part of a feather.

7 Definition

The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

8 Definition

A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

9 Definition

A waste receptacle.

Example Sentences
  • Throw it into the trash barrel.
10 Definition

The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

11 Definition

A jar.

12 Definition

Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.

13 Definition

A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.

Verb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

2 Definition

To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

Example Sentences
  • He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.