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nouna bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
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nouna tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
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nouna cylindrical container that holds liquids
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"a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"nounany of various units of capacity
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nounthe quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
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verbput in barrels
Definition that contains barrel
- gun a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- rifle a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- cooper a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
- cooper make barrels and casks
- bore diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- shotgun firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
- barrel put in barrels
- barrel the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
- shook a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
- stripper an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day