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11 definitions • 5 examples
1
a
large
container
, made of
wood
,
metal
, or
plastic
, with a
flat
top
and
bottom
and
curved
sides
that make it
fatter
in the
middle
:
Examples:
They
drank
a whole
barrel
of
beer
(= the
contents
of a
barrel
) at the
party
.
2
In the
oil
industry
, a
barrel
of
oil
is
equal
to 159 litres.
3
the long part of a
gun
that is
shaped
like a
tube
4
to
travel
somewhere
very
quickly
:
Examples:
We were barrelling
along
the
autobahn
at 180 kph.
5
a
large
wooden
container
with a
flat
top
and
bottom
and curving
sides
that are
wider
in the
middle
6
A
barrel
is also a
unit
of measurement of
volume
equal
to 31.5
gallons
(119
liters
) or, of
oil
,
equal
to 42
gallons
(159
liters
).
7
the long part of a
gun
that is
shaped
like a
tube
8
to
travel
or move very
fast
:
Examples:
We were barreling
along
at 80
miles
an
hour
.
9
a
large
container
, made of
wood
,
metal
, or
plastic
, with a
flat
top
and
bottom
and
curved
sides
that make it
fatter
in the
middle
10
a
unit
of
measure
for
dry
goods
and
liquids
that
varies
in
size
for different things and in different
countries
:
Examples:
A
barrel
of
beer
in the US is 31 US
gallons
, and in the
UK
it is 36
UK
gallons
.
11
a
unit
of
measure
for
oil
equal
to 42 US
gallons
or 159 litres:
Examples:
Today
oil
prices
reached
$81 a
barrel
on the New
York
Mercantile
Exchange
.
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