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barrel
has definitions from the field of arms
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[ noun ] (arms) a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
Synonyms Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)From his shoulder_bag peeked the seven inch barrel of a Luger . |
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[ noun ] a cylindrical container that holds liquids
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Standing in the shelter of the tent - a rejected hospital tent on which the rain now dripped , no_longer drumming - Adam watched his own hands touch the objects on the improvised counter of boards laid across two beef barrels . The chimney of the hut across from him was surmounted by a beef barrel with ends knocked_out . |
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[ noun ] a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Synonyms Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Hastening to the attic , the temperature of_which was easily hotter than the Gold_Coast , you proceeded to mask the windows with a fancy wool coverlet , some khaki pants , and the_like , and to ransack the innumerable boxes and barrels stored there . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
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[ noun ] any of various units of capacity
Synonyms Examples "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" Related terms British_capacity_unit United_States_liquid_unit hogshead gallon gallon |
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