1barrel
A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.
2barrel
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
3barrel
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.
a cracker barrel.
4barrel
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case.
the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
5barrel
A tube.
6barrel
A waste receptacle.
Throw it away in the trash barrel.
7barrel
A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
8barrel
The hollow basal part of a feather.
9barrel
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
10barrel
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
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