barrel

IPA: bˈærʌɫ

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
(television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
(archaic) A tube.
(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
(US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
(obsolete) A jar.
(biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
(baseball) A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.

(transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
(intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.

Examples of "barrel" in Sentences

Oil is sold by the barrel.
The barrel of the mortar was steel.
I was in the cellar changing the barrel.
The force of the spring turns the barrel.
The bomb was loaded into the barrel muzzle.
The barrel is integrated with the barrel breech.
The bore is the interior diameter of the barrel.
Then the crimp barrel is placed into the sleeve.
Corrected mistake about the carriage and the barrel.
He falls to the ground and is smashed by the barrel.
The inside of this barrel is as beautiful as Ms. Natalie Portman, shown at left.
A bullet lodged in the barrel is a disaster waiting for the naive, to 'shoot it out'.
The term barrel of oil equivalent ( "boe") may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation.
The main barrel is made from metal, and the handle and stock is mostly card, dense card with a layer of corrugated.
The 21 months this wine spent in barrel is much more apparent, almost overwhelming at this stage in the wine's development.
Note that when the term barrel of oil equivalent (boe) is used in this news release, it may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation.
Not only does Dave shoot off hand through his chronograph, he has discovered the fact that warm air rises and the open hole in the end of your barrel is a quick escape mechanism ... a lot of things that some people assume are common sense are beyond the grasp of others.