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- [bar-uh l]
- /ˈbær əl/
- /ˈbær.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bar-uh l]
- /ˈbær əl/
Definitions of barrel word
- countable noun barrel A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. 3
- countable noun barrel In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres. 3
- countable noun barrel The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired. 3
- verb barrel If a vehicle or person is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction. 3
- noun barrel a cylindrical container usually bulging outwards in the middle and held together by metal hoops; cask 3
- noun barrel the amount that a barrel can hold 3
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Origin of barrel
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English barell < Anglo-French baril, Old French barril < Vulgar Latin *barrīculum, equivalent to *barrīc(a), perhaps derivative of Late Latin barra bar1 + Latin -ulum -ule; compare Medieval Latin (circa 800) barriclus small cask
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Parts of speech for Barrel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
barrel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
barrel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for barrel
noun barrel
- pipe — a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
- drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- cask — A cask is a wooden barrel that is used for storing things, especially alcoholic drink.
- keg — a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
verb barrel
- speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- whisk — to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
- lose no time — act without delay
- whish — a whishing sound.
- make time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
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