NOUN | artifact | barrel, gun barrel | a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired |
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artifact | barrel, cask | a cylindrical container that holds liquids / liquids | |
shape | barrel, drum | a bulging cylindrical shape | |
quantity | barrel, barrelful | the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | |
quantity | barrel, bbl | any of various units of capacity | |
VERB | contact | barrel | put in barrels / barrels |
Sounds | bae'rahl; beh'rahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired. | |
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Synonym | gun barrel | |
Part of | gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
Broader | tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids / liquids or gases |
Spanish | barril, cañón, gun barrel | |
Catalan | canó, gun barrel |
Meaning | A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends. | |
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Synonym | drum | |
Broader | cylinder | A surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line |
Spanish | barril, cilindro, tambor | |
Catalan | bóta, tambor, tona |
Meaning | The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold. | |
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Synonym | barrelful | |
Broader | containerful | The quantity that a container will hold |
Verbs | barrel | put in barrels / barrels |
Meaning | Any of various units of capacity. | |
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Example | "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" | |
Synonym | bbl | |
Part of | hogshead | A British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages |
Parts | gallon, gal | United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters |
gallon, Imperial gallon, congius | A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | |
Broader | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit | A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System |
United States liquid unit | A liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System | |
Spanish | barril, bbl | |
Catalan | barril, bbl |
Meaning | put in barrels / barrels. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
Spanish | embarrilar, entonelar | |
Nouns | barrel | a cylindrical container that holds liquids / liquids |
barrel | the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold |
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