barrel

Noun

barrel (plural barrels)

1. (countable) 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

2. 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 36 gallons; of ale 32 gallons.

   Quotations

   • 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.
   • 1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.

3. 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.

4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
5. A jar. [Obs.] 1 Kings xvii. 12.
6. (Zoöl.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
7. (idiomatic, surfing terminology) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment. A tube [archaic].

6 letters in word "barrel": A B E L R R.

No anagrams for barrel found in this word list.

Words found within barrel:

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• Definitions:
• a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired a cylindrical container that holds liquids a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold put in barrels any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"
• A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. Someone who makes such barrels is known as a cooper. Contemporary barrels are also made in aluminium (also called kegs) and plastic.
• The barrel is the name of several units of volume:* Oil barrel: 42 U.S. gallons, 158.9873 litres,NIST Guide to SI Units - or 34.97231575 Imperial (UK) gallons.* UK beer barrel: 36 UK gallons (163.7 litres).* US beer barrel: 31 U.S. gallons (117.3 litres), the result of tax law definitions. ...
• In watchmaking, a barrel is a wheel composed of a toothed disc and a cylindrical box closed by a cover. The barrel turns freely on an arbor and contains a spring such as the mainspring. The spring is hooked to the barrel at its outer end and to the arbor at its inner end. ...
• a unit of measure for oil and petroleum products that is equivalent to 42 US gallons.
• A unit of liquid volume of petroleum oils equal to 42 US gallons or approximately 35 Imperial gallons.
• A unit of volume measurement used for petroleum and its products. 1 barrel = 42 US gallons or 35 British gallons
• 42 US gallons
• Petroleum industry standard barrel. Equals 0.159 m 3 .
• A unit of volume measurement (unique to the petroleum industry) equal to 42 US gallons. A Drum equals 55 US gallons whereas a Pail equals 30 US gallons.
• A round container, generally made from wood. Barrels of all different sizes are used, depending on the wine region and producer. Oak barrels are commonly used to age wines.
• Thin cylindrical box containing the mainspring of a watch. The toothed rim of the barrel drives the train.
• A container of various sizes, usually made of wood, most typically oak. New barrels give more flavors to the wine, how long a barrel is toasted for, where the oak comes from and who coopers (makes) it, all affect the final product.
• In the energy industry, a barrel is 42 US gallons measured at 60 º Fahrenheit.
• The main body of the cigar.
• A measurement used in the oil industry for a unit of volume of oil, oil products or natural gas condensate equivalent to 158.978 litres or 42 US gallons. Abbreviated to "bbl".
• A barrel of beer is equal to two kegs, or 31 gallons.
• A volumetric unit of measure for crude oil and petroleum products, derived by the original use of spent whiskey barrels to hold oil in the 1800s. One barrel equals 42 US gallons, equivalent to 158.978 litres. Abbreviation: "bbl."
• is a standard unit of volume. A US barrel is 31.5 gallons while a British barrel is 43.2 gallons.
• The cylinder formed by plating the walls of a drilled hole.
• A volumetric unit of measurement equivalent to 42 US gallons, 9,702 cubic inches, 5.6146 cubic feet, 34.9722 Canadian Imperial gallons, 158.99 liters, or .15899 cubic meters. It is the unit of measurement commonly used to measure oil production and oil reserves within the US
• a container for beer made solely of stainless steel. Also a unit of measuring beer which equals 31 gallons.
• (of cement) A unit of weight for cement: 376 Ibs net, equivalent to 4 US bags of portland cement. The designation presently used is tons of cement.
• A term refering to a cask in general. Barrel is also often used to refer specificaly to the traditional American type of cask with a capacity of about 180 l.
• means 42 (US) gallons at 60 degrees F and atmospheric pressure.
• a measure of volume for petroleum products in the United States, One barrel is the equivalent of 42 US gallons.
• Wooden barrels, usually oak, are often used to influence the maturation of wines. Some wines, particularly white wines, are also fermented in barrel. Use of new barrels has become ever more popular over the last ten years. ...
• A common unit for measuring petroleum. One barrel contains about 159 litres. Or, there are approximately 6.3 barrels in one cubic metre.
• A measure commonly used in the oil industry. 1 barrel = 42 gallons = 159 liters

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