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| barrel [ bárrəl ] |
noun (plural barrels) |
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1. large cask: a cylindrical container with a flat top and bottom, used to store liquids
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2. quantity in barrel: the amount held by a barrel
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3. measurements unit of volume in oil industry: a unit of liquid volume used in the oil industry, usually taken to be (35 imperial gallons or 42 US gallons) (approximately 159 litres ())
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4. measurements unit of volume in brewing industry: a unit of liquid volume used in the brewing industry, equal to (36 imperial gallons or 43 US gallons) (approximately 164 litres ())
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5. arms tube-shaped part of gun: the tube-shaped part of a gun through which bullets are fired
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6. mechanical engineering cylindrical part: a hollow cylindrical device that forms part of a mechanism, e.g. in clocks
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intransitive verb (3rd person present singular barrels, present participle barrelling, past and past participle barrelled) |
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North America travel fast: to move somewhere at high speed
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informal
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| [13th century. Via Old French barril< medieval Latin barriclus 'small cask'] |
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  barrelful noun |
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not be a barrel of laughs to be far from being interesting or amusing
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over a barrel in a situation of powerlessness
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scrape the (bottom of the) barrel to use the least desirable person or thing because no one or nothing else is available
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